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Really interesting comp, Laurie, with the perch angling away.
Are they really this bright?
You got really nice DOF on the bird, sharp from head to tail.
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Dan,
They are that bright. My field guide describes them as bright golden-yellow. I was surprised by the dof but he was 7.5 meters away and is a small bird.
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Laurie
Stunning image. The thumbnail drew me right in and I absolutely love the colors and details.
To take it a notch higher, I would clean up the small highlights throughout the bg, most of which are on the bottom third of the image.
Question abou the fill: did you use it in TTL and adjust with negative exp comp in the flash? If so, do you ming sharing? Thanks!
Miguel
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Miguel,
Flash was in TTL mode and I usually use between -2 and -3 but don't have the exact compensation used. Thanks for pointing out the spots - it was raining so I should have looked for and deleted them.
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Laurie great capture getting him out in the open. Beautifully sharp and that's great depth of field for f4! Almost a spittin' image of our Golden Tanager except for the collar.
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Hi Laurie - this bright little fellow really pops. He was very obliging landing on this interesting perch and givine you a lovely head-turn before flying off. I guess the light spots in the lower BG are rain-drops.
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Sweet image, Laurie. Sharp and full of interest. I prefer to not do much cloning, but with rain drops I think you have to either have a lot of them for them to be part of your story or they need to go as they just look like flaws.
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This is lovely Laurie.
I would just get rid of raindrops in the bottom of the frame to make this a 10 out of 10.
Excellent use of fill flash.
Great comp and perch as well.
Ticks all the boxes for me,
Gail
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Lifetime Member
Hi Laurie, striking yellows on the little guy, good DOF and sharp. I do like the placement and overall comp - just enough space left around the top of the leaves, and agree to 'wipe' away the rain drops. 
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Great pose and beautiful colors. I too would remove the rain drops
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Great looking bird, well photographed. The top of the head looks a little hot.
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Karl,
The original and large processed photos have lots of detail in the top of head and the histogram is good so I think it is just this small web copy that looks a little hot.
Eagle Eyes,
Thank you all for finding the water drops. I have removed them from my copy. And thanks for all of the comments.
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Lifetime Member
Very nice Laurie. Like everything about this one. Love the colors and comp. Great work
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Excellent image,very nice composition.Love the nice pose of bird,colors,details lovely perch and two toned backdrop.
Regards,
Satish.
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Great image Laurie! I like the look back pose, sharpness, flash and perch. These Tanagers are really bright and you captured it perfectly.
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Hi Laurie: Great capture--I love it. Did you get this image in the first week of our trip or on your extension? Gary
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Gary,
I took this photo at Savegre, our last stop in week two. We added lots more hummers and lots more rain. Still a fantastic trip.
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I can't wait to see more of your images. Greg put together such a great trip. Glad to hear your extension was productive too. I'll start posting some of my images this weekend (I hope). I've also been looking at Bob's images on NatureScapes--really nice stuff by both of you. Take care.
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Gary,
I will be looking for your photos. You can find more of mine on my website in the new photos gallery.
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