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    Default Tri-colored Heron

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    From the Circle B in Lakeland Florida
    This guy was in a small ravine near the walking path and was mostly in shadow hence the very high ISO needed to get barely minimum needed shutter speed and aperture for good dof

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    The image has a painterly quality. I love the ripples in the water. With that the vertical part of the perch were not there.... 1/320 is way, way, way above "minimum needed shutter speed." With practice at 700mm (assuming the old 500) you should be making sharp images at 1/60 sec. 1/30 is possible even with the old 500. Looks great for ISO 4000. Nice image design as well.
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    It is amazing that you can shoot with ISO 4000 and no noise. I really like the lighting effect on the bird and part of the canvas. Looks sharp and well exposed.

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    This image does have a painterly feeling which I very much like. It appears the NR used probably smoothed out your feathers some which is giving us the painterly feel.
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    For ISO 4000 this is really stunning image...love the POV and how those ripples in water add to the image..

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    This is so pretty. I love the contrast, colors, ripples and painterly feel. Just wish there was more feather detail in the wing area, however at that ISO, might not be possible after noise reduction.

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    I like the image design and the bird etc. In truth, I think the treatment to the background (I think I am correct is saying that) makes the image look a little unnatural or odd IMHO. I think you need another go at it.

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