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    Nico Steenberg
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    Default Southern Mask Weaver

    Photographed @ Mankwe Hide, Pilanesberg


    Date: 2011/12/03
    Time: 06:02:34 AM

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    EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

    TV: 1/3200)
    AV: f/8.0
    ISO: 2000
    Exposure bias 1

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    Hi Nico, love the incoming fight pose of the weaver returning to his nest, and the the building material adds interest. If this were mine, I would try and open up the shadows of the entrance to the nest.

    I had fun capturing these guys way back in January, and it wasnt easy.

    I was there today, not much to bring home.

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    Nico:

    I love the action/story here. Nice wing spread, vegetation a plus, very colorful. To my eye, the nest looks a little sharper than the bird, except for the feet. Had you prefocused on the nest?

    The catchlight in the eye does tend to make the pupil look less sharp than it probably really is, and sometimes doing a bit of burning in can reduce it in size a bit and improve the apparent sharpness.

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    Thanks for the positive feed back and suggestions Stu and Randy. Yes i have pefocus on the nest Randy

    Will be there from the 19th-23 of this month Stu
    Last edited by Nico Steenberg; 09-09-2012 at 03:58 PM.

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    Hi Nico, good suggestions by Stuart and Randy above. Love the in-coming pose you captured here.

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    Delightful bird and open wing. Like the light and leaf on beak is a plus.

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    good to see an image from you again
    love these shots, so hard to nail, good that you have the wingspread and the red eye with the building material in the beak
    something on the eye just looks funny? is it sharp at 100%?
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    Great pose and action captured. I keep looking at the eye as well it almost looks a little blurry to me.

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    Excellent shot. I really like the wing spread and it's feet. Great comp and excellent timing.
    Well done.

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    Thank you every one for viewing and commenting. Its highly appreciated

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