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    Toft Newton Reservoir, Lincolnshire, UK. 06/05/13

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    Lovely pose and nice low angle, Nick. I think I would prefer a less square crop with more room on the right and bottom.
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    Nick:

    Sharp, well exposed, good shooting angle, soft background

    Image is a tiny bit too bright for my personal taste.

    I appreciate Chris's comment on the crop, but am afraid that adding some of the bottom would make the bright, featureless area in RLC too dominant.

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    Nice and sharp and a lovely bird molting into breeding plumage. Wish that we could fully see both feet. I like the distant BKGR and the neat pose. Rotating the bird a bit clockwise might make it appear that it is not leaning backwards....
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    Hi Nick,
    I like the IQ and the subject.
    I am not fussy about the square crop and would take some off the top and add on the RHS.
    I might reduce the exposure by a 1/3.
    Gail
    PS Just read Artie's suggestion and think it is a great idea

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    I would crop it more vertical, but your usual great IQ and details.
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    Very nicely exposed and great details. The BG looks great and the bird pop from it well. I agree that it looks like it is leaning back, might be the hill of sand giving the illusion. Nice work.

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    Wonderful shot.
    Attractive looking bird.
    Great pose, excellent details, and exposed very well.
    Well done.

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    Lesson of the day, when taking an image using a bean bag as support make sure the camera / lens is level, you were correct Artie the bird was leaning back, in fact it was leaning so far back it could have been a limbo dancer. When I had leveled the bird I was a bit short of canvas so I have stolen some from another image as well as stretching it and cloning some in. I have also darkened the image slightly. Thanks for the replies BTW.

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    I much prefer the repost, the LRC is not as dominant as I thought it would be by adding back some canvas there. You could add some subtle vignetting in that corner and along the right half of the bottom edge just to help put all our attention on the subject.

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    Thanks Daniel, is this what you had in mind or have I overdone it?

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    NIck the repost looks nice , I love the iq

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