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    Hello every one!

    Just as I promised last week, I am uploading another image of this series of northern potoo. Yes I know, the perch is overpowering, but there was nothing I could do about it.

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    neat looking bird. I think the perch goes with it as they have similar texture. details looks a bit contrasty and harsh
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    Thanks Arash for you quick input! is that contraty and harsh look from contrast and/or sharpening too much?

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    I think it is from sharpening and a contrasty curve during RAW conversion. would reprocess this one lowering the contrast and using finer sharpening radius
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    I like the perch too, complements the bird. Great BG. Cool looking bird. Head turn towards the camera would be the only improvement, but as we know, shooting birds is a bit like " a box of chocolates...". Nice work.

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    I am fine with the perch. Love the bird and the BKGR. Arash is too smart: too bright and too contrasty. Try a reverse S curve....
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    Sweet looking bird, love that big yellow eye. I think the perch is excellent here, not over powering at all. I agree with the
    previous comment regarding the perch's similarities with the subject. A bit more room on top would be nice imo.

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    I do agree about the high contrast. Looking forward to seeing the reprocessed image.

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    Great looking bird, nice capture. I would add more canvas to the top. Also, the perch looks oversharpened.

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    Marvellous image, and if youve ever looked for one, this is an exceptional image indeed Juan Carlos.

    muy bien. me gusto a lot!

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    Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions.
    Arthur, I will try a reverse curve for sure!
    That harsh light must be there in the RAW file since I did, in fact, reduced the light a tad. I will have to give this image a try and will upload the results, hopefully to make it look better.

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