The Curmudgeon & Redo

Though my wife preferred "The Judge".  She was focused on the black robes and I was focused on the expression.

I went to Ridgefield NWR Monday and worked the driving loop at the River "S" unit.  All the areas that used to be shallow lakes are wet meadows with relatively small ponds this fall.  I don't know whether they intend to refill them or not.  This made for a significant change in the birds that were around, though there were still quite a few Canada Geese and more Sandhill Cranes than I remember from past years, though they may just be passing through.

7DII, Sigma 150-600 C @ 244 mm, beanbag on car window, f/7.1, 1/125, iso 1250, aperture priority, pattern metering.  Processed in LR5 & CS6.  Cropped from a horizontal original to an 8.1 MP 4x5 vertical.  There was a small very oof dark area just over the head that looked really odd, so I cloned over it.  Other than that just noise reduction and selective sharpening of the bird.  Taken at 7:46 AM on October 10th.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,