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    Shot was taken lying on my back with a canon 1d mkiii 400mm 5.6 at 5.6 1/1600 sec +2 EV iso 800 Name:  17776509788_0c43930daa_o.jpged.jpg
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    Behavior and wing/tail positions are simply gorgeous, especially the way you captured both heads framed between the wings. The only drawback for me is the amount of noise. Someone who shoots Canon would be a better judge as to how this might be addressed, perhaps in RAW capture.

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    This image certainly has an "elegant" feel to it! The sweeping curves of the wings and tails gives a very fluid sense of motion. The body positions are very nice! There is good definition in the wings. If possible, I'd like just a little more visibliity of the eye of the bird on the left. And I don't know if you can recover any detail in the blown area of the right wing on the bird on the right.

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    An absolutely gorgeous catch, but as noted, noise is a detracting issue. I don't know the camera, or whether the exposure was the best, but possibly it could be minimized with different raw processing. I also wonder if there is detail in the brightest whites and more tonal structure in the darks that could be brought out in raw processing?

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    This is really a special capture. I like the sepia. although not on a calibrated monitor. It's very artistic and I like the feeling of movement.
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