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    Sanjeev:

    The soft backlighting worked well here, nicely exposed, good separation visually from the background, harmonious colors, good pose, and effective comp.

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    Hi Sanjeev ,nice handling of backlight . Like the overall colors , contrast and tones.
    Nicely processed , transfer this to your wildlife images .The green grass is a nice break in the more brown/reddish colors.

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    The backlighting worked well here. Good low angle, alert pose, details. I like the ever so slightly ajar bill. If mine I'd tone down the brighter spot touching the belly - nothing that a low opacity clone brush can't do.

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    Hi Sanjeev, not sure what's happened and what you have changed, but you really are producing some excellent images now, can't add much more to what has been said above.

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    Thanks everyone, Steve I have changed & learnt a few things. Firstly, I have started working in layers and following your sharpening tips of 100/.3/0 in USM, secondly, thanks to BPN community, I have been really taking care while shooting, checking the SS, Aperture, ISO and shooting conditions, angles, distracting objects etc. lastly, I have started minor cloning to remove distracting objects in images without altering the image much. Great place this forum! Cheers to all!

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    Great, just be careful of that first sharpening figure, it needs to vary, glad to hear it's all working out, and even better you are using layers.

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    Hi Sanjeev. Great look at this iconic bird. Nicely exposed with the tricky backlighting. Nice detail, and sharpening here looks just right to me. (I often start with 100/0.3/0, and sometimes add a second pass with 100/0.2/0, or sometimes just use the latter setting by itself. It's a good place to start, with some variation up or down, IMO.)

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    Hi Sanjeev, lovely pose from this Hoopoe, and the colours look spot on. The like the tufts of grass in the BG too.

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    Agree with the above. Nice handling of the backlight and good details. Great to hear that you are also learning loads on this forum :)

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