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    I captured this image at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    1/1600 F/5.6 Matrix Metering + 1 EV ISO 640 AWB
    Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
    Cropped for composition and presentation
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    Joe:

    NIce high key image, with transillumination of trailing edge of feathers.

    I like the framing with the diagonal of the wing working the diagonal of the frame.

    Well exposed and sharp.

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    Agree with Randy re the exposure and sharping, this theme is bring out some very good work Joe.

    Keith.

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    All looks good to me as mentioned above. Nice work Joseph.

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    One of the most common birds up here, but always brings a smile when photographing them. The near wing looks especially good here. Some greenish cast on the belly could be negated via the sponge tool set to desaturate at about 8-10% flow.

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    Hi Joe,
    Nice shot of a common bird.
    What is the bright white vertical band coming up from bottom of the frame towards the LHS? I would definitely clone that out.
    This would look nice in a black and white conversion!
    Gail

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. I truly appreciate your time and effort.

    Gail, I have no idea what that white band is. I went to the original and fixed it. Thank you for seeing it and bringing it to my attention.
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    Lovely image Joe, agree with Daniel about the greenish cast.

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