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    Boat-billed heron
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    From my March trip. This was taken early in the trip while the bag with my tripod was still MIA! To get this, I had to rest my lens on my camera pack which was sitting on a plastic chair! I was able to get some sharp images by shooting many frames

    Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
    Date/Time: 2008:03:25 06:10:08
    Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
    Aperture: 5.6
    Exposure mode: Av
    Exposure compensation: +1/3
    Flash: External E-TTL
    Flash exposure compensation: -1
    Metering mode: Evaluative
    Drive mode: Continuous: frame 1
    ISO: 640
    Lens: EF600mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
    Focal length: 840mm
    AF mode: AI Servo AF
    Image size: 4368 x 2912
    Image quality: Raw
    White balance: Auto

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    I like the composition and eye contact. Well done, considering the lack of a tripod. Maybe a bit more contrast.

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    Roman Kurywczak
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    Hi Milo,
    This one is very sharp considering the missing tripod. Might consider eliminating the upper left dark and light spot along the curve and edge?
    Roman

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    I also think this needs a bit more contrast, and I wish the bright spot at the tip of the bill was not there. This bird's coif looks well groomed!

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    Looks like a gorilla bird ona bad day. Great mug shot.

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    Well done Milo. I would crop a bit off the top, to just above the vein in the ULC. Then I would get rid of the remaining specular highlight. As I remember, you are not into eliminating stuff like the white area behind the bill; with some good Quick Masking technique that could be done well but not that easily. All in all, I like this one a lot.
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    A cool image of a cool-looking bird, Milo. I like the way the bird is looking into the frame, but I wish for just a bit more room on the left to fit the body into the frame.

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