About the Image(s)

The Lilac Breasted Roller is one of the most beautifully colored of the more than 400 birds found in the Chobe River area of Botswana This was tkaen on a March photo safari to Chobe National Park. Cropping and some lighting changes??”tuning down highlights a bit and shadows up a bit??”were down in Lightroom and Iused Dehaze to get more blue in the sky. This was imported into PhotoShop and run through Topiaz AI for sharpening and denoising. Adjustment layers were used to brighten the bird a bit and darken the sky a tad but not much more was done.
The camera is a Nikon Z7ii with a NIKKOR Z 180-600mm lenses at 420 mm ’5.6-6.3 VR. ISO 800 f/9 1/1250