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    Default Western Meadowlark

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    Caught this handsome Lark a few weeks ago as it flew past me after leaving a post. Hope you like it.

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    Great job David. Excellent flight shot with nice IQ & BG. Very well done.

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    Pretty impressive when you can get an incoming flight shot of a songbird!
    Great BG.
    Critical focus appears to be on the breast so I would do another round of sharpening on the eye area. Beak, chin and top of head are tack sharp - awesome.
    Gail

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    agree with Gail's comments,good capture,well done.

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    Beautiful bird nicely shown, great capture.
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    Excellent flight shot of a songbird that is always a challenge, David.

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    Fantastic image and a nice subject I have not seen before.

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    Cool down wing raptor like pose you captured, David,
    I like the slight changes in the BG, sharpness looks fine to me for a shot like this.
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    Default Re-post w/ sharpening

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    Here is a bit more sharpening.

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    Hi David, excellent flying angle, together with an excellent flight pose. Yellows look good, and just love that smooth, smooth BG. I can see a slight difference with the extra sharpening on your repost - well done.

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    Excellent incoming flight shot.Very nice HA, colors and details.Re post looks wonderful.

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    Excellent Dave, this is an incredible shot. sharpness looks great from here.

    It's very difficult to get a flight frame of a song bird at this focal length handheld!
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    This is an incredible capture, rp even better. Kudos!

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    This is quite amazing, to get such a speedster before he went past you. Terrific flight position, colors, details, bg. Congrats on a fine capture.

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    Super !!!
    The wing spread and the eye contact are perfect. Great colors and details. Nice BG. Very good, Jim

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    Excellent image David! I like the wing position, composition, exposure and complimentary BG. Repost is an improvement.

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    Thanks for the comments everyone!

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    Never noticed that hint of yellow on top of the wings. What a hard shot to pull off and you succeeded. Another beauty, David.

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    Impressive capture David! Like the sharpened version better.
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    Nice job David. I thing the extra round of sharpening helped too.

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    Awesome shot, Dave! Not an easy one to pull off. Love it!

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    Thanks again everyone for the comments. I appreciate it!!

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    David, I know you are very fast, faster than a song bird even! The RP is great with the sharpening. TFS. Loi.

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