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    Default RWBB - perched and preening

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    Taken at Merritt Island NWR in April of this year. I wish I would have bumped up the ISO to get a sharper image, but at the time I wasn't thinking ("it all happened so quick!").

    The before and after is here in a blog post. I had to lighten it up quite a bit, clone out an oof branch that was in between the lens and the bird, and swap out the eye from a photo that was taken just milliseconds after.

    Nikon d300s | 500 f/4 VR + 2x
    1000 mm | 1/320" | f/11 | ISO 320
    Car window as support (used a pool noodle as cushioning)

    All critiques, comments, and suggestions are welcomed and always appreciated. Really! Thanks for looking.

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    Nice work,Miguel.Tough to get the blacks right in the RWBB,but I think you've done it fine.Altough, I find the bird to be soft overall.Nice BG.

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    Unusual pose great detail, nicely presented and of course killer BG!
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    Sanjeev - I agree. I think it has to do with the low shutter speed that I had set. I sharpened a bit, but I'm not sure that more sharpening would have resulted in a better image. Basically, I didn't get it right in camera

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    nice preening pose and good exposure plus a nice BG. I agree the bird is a bit soft as a result of slow ss. I also agree with you that sharpening is not going to help here, still a nice behavior TFS
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    I like the pose and the perch and the BG.
    This would look nice as a vertical with a bit more space on the left.
    I see a slight green cast to the feathers especially on the head.
    A good shot and I don't find it all that soft-? my eyes
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    Cool pose, look back, and lovely background indeed. Great details in the blacks.

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    Hi Miguel, I like the lookback pose, and slightly raised wing. Lovely colour to the BG too. I too see a cast, and my eyes see it as green. Desaturating the greens didnt do anything, so I desaturated the cyan channel, and came up with this result. Hope you dont mind.

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    Thanks for all of the comments! Stuart - that looks a ton better. I didn't notice the cast until I saw the fix!

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    Love the pose, perch and background. A little soft as you know and not much to do about that. I didn't notice the color cast either, but a nice improvement by Stuart.

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    Miguel,
    Very nice preening pose,beautiful BG. I like the repost by Stuart with nice details in blacks.

    Regards,
    Satish.

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    Excellent pose, HA & BG. Perfect exposure. TFS

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    Nice repost by stuwart,
    took stuwart's post,
    increased a little contrast and smart sharpened it.

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