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    Sean McMahon
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    Default Gregarious Hermit

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    Spring at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA is a great destination for spring migrants including songbirds and warblers.

    This hermit thrush was anything but a hermit, sitting atop this pedestal on a gravestone for me.;)

    Shot settings below, and for post processing:
    Broke a rule and centered the crop because of the perch.
    reduced another -.13 exp comp
    bumped up the shadow contrast a bit
    knocked down the highlight contrast
    added saturation and sharpness
    added some noise suppression

    Thoughts?

    For me, the OOF white blob in the LLC is one thing.

    Thoughts on the centered crop? I had to do it. :-)

    Thanks and happy shooting...

    Sean McMahon

    Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
    Lens: Canon 75-300mm f/5.6
    Handheld
    Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
    Aperture: f/5.6
    Focal Length: 300 mm
    ISO Speed: 800
    Exposure Bias: -1/3 EV
    Flash: Flash did not fire

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    Sean
    Cemeteries are great for birds.......I've got a Robin on a gravestone from several winters ago. I think it looks good and it's one of those images where centered placement works for me. The "white blob" in the LLC doesn't look that distracting on my "dark computer" but I'd have to see it on another monitor. You could always use the patch tool or similar tool to replace it and make it more uniform. Well done.

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