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    Default Kestrel with side lighting

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    One of our very cooperative kestrels that hung out for many weeks, offering Dave Salem and I many opportunities for static as well as flight shots. This one had some nice side lighting that really showed off the wing feather etching with a pleasant BG. Shot from my car window on a bean bag, D4 600mm with 1.4tc, 1/3200 sec, ISO 1250 at F5.6 Thanks always for your helpful critics

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    Thats a cracker Glen ! Nice hint of something in the BG too. A grand picture with great light.
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    Nice pose and good IQ, Glen. I vertical crop would work better as I find the space is too much on the left.

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    Glenn:

    I agree, the side lighting has given the bird a nice sense of form and detail.

    My first compositional thought was the same as Karl, a vertical, based on pose and perch.

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    Thanks for the suggestion here is a vertical

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    Glen your OP fits the bill perfectly for me, excellent piece of work.

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    Both version s are very nice shots, but I margianlly prefer the original because the additional space takes it beyond simple portrait.

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    I like the pose, perch, sharpness, sweet BG and how the one talon tip touches the perch. I am not a fan of squarish comps but I think it would work well here. Excellent image Glenn.

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    Glenn:
    The repost is too tight for me, but I think with a little more room on the left, it would work well. Agree with Jim, generally don't love squarish crops, but the strong diagonal lines should help it work well.

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    Thanks for your input. The reason I selected the original composition was to compliment the direction of the birds stare which may have been. a little to excessive. I have cropped it in a 4 by 5 ratio which seems to give it more room on the left than the original 4 by 6 ratio a square crop looks good as well.

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    Nice lighting, sharpness and detail. Fun to experiment with composition. I am leaning toward a looser vertical...let us know what you decide!

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    A lovely Kestrel shot, no matter how you cut it. This a case where the side lighting works nicely, with the bird cooperative enough to turn toward the light. And of course, great techs and background. Tough call on the crop: I'd like either the OP with a bit taken off the left, or the vertical with a bit more room around. Great either way.

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    I like them both Glen, A little more room on the left though for the second one, Background, pose and IQ all look good. Well done.
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    great portrait of the lady Kestrel , I might opt for a vertical too. well done
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    Nice look a our girl Glen. I like the side lighting and the look back pose. The BG looks awesome. I would take off a bit on the left of the OP and call it done. She is looking that way.
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