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    Hi all took this at the Western Treatment Plant in Victoria Australia on Sunday.
    5d mk iii, 500mm mk ii.
    f/4.5 iso 800 and 1/8000 . lowered the highlights on some of the whites and 50% crop .. did some noise reduction on back ground at 25% luminance.. sharpened the resized jpg at around 50 and masking at 70.
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    Mervyn, wonderful pose, exposure, eye and that blue background is so very complimentary. I also like the fact that the legs are in focus. It's a neat, trim image!

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    Love the pose, perch, blue water and comp. It all came together very nicely. That said, I am not seeing the kind of feather details I would like to see and wondering if it's b/c of the 50% crop. It's not the NR if you only worked on the BG.
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    Nice image but it is on the cool side. Maybe some warming up would work.

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    Very nice shot, the head ,bill, and the feet look nice and sharp but the wing and tail do look a bit soft to me.

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    Cool pose!
    A nice shorebird with good light and a very nice BG.

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    I like the look back pose, perch and blue BG. I would have traded some shutter speed for more DOF. Were your settings set up for a flight shot? Nice image Merv.

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    Hey Jim, I keep my settings at iso 800 and f stop depending on situation, I would of liked to stop down but the little bird took off before I got a chance to change my settings..
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