About the Image(s)

This shot of a spoonbill searching for some food was taken in 2016 in the Wellington area west of West Palm Beach, Florida. Wellington is known primarily for its equestrian events but is also the home to a nature preserve called Peaceful Waters Sanctuary, where this pic was taken - captured with my Nikon D500 and 70-300 mm Nikor lens combo and crop factor. I started out in Camera Raw and played around with various sliders to improve mostly contrast and brightness. I then opened the image into Photoshop CS5 and cropped in and inverted the picture to a left to right orientation. Finally, I went into On1 Perfect Effects 8 to help with detail.