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    This little guy was taunting me to take some photos of him. Following me along from branch to branch so I decided to take a few with good sunlight

    I was trying to get as much detail in the blacks as possible but that white patch in the neck was constantly blown so I dropped the ISO and played with the cameras good dynamic range

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    Removed a thorn and yellow flower intersecting the tail and bottom. Cleaned bill and then cropped for composition and sharpened after resizing

    Thanks for your comments

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    Shane, sweet little bird. The composition feels unbalanced with everything on the right side and so much empty space on the left. I would rework this. That white patch still looks quite hot to me. With my Canon gear, I always have to expose for the whites and then deal with the darks in post processing.

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    Hi Shane

    Very difficult bird to expose correctly- very dark blacks, mid tones and bright whites, depending on the ambient light.

    I have seen that I can bring back details in blacks, but blown whites I can not fix.

    Bird crisp.

    Nice details in mid tones.

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    Indeed not easy to get this one right. You have to expose for the highlights in my opinion, but the trick is to have a nice and soft light to get the dark details out as well. That's being said you did a good job here I think. I am sure on the large size you can get all the details out of both dark and bright parts. I like the pose and the sweet clean BG as well.

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    I like the pose and colors, good BG. I agree the light was harsh here. with the empty space I'd also opt for a vert.

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    Thanks guys

    Will stick to shooting these males when its cloudy and hopefully i can get an even better one

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    The light was not ideal, but definitely well handled. I'd either go with a vertical crop as Arash mentioned, or think about taking from the top and left. It looks like you definitely have the IQ

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