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    This is a more conventional portrait of the same Tri-colored Heron I posted previously. Image captured a few minutes later when the bird's head angle turned sideways, shot at Lake Mirror, Lakeland, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

    Nikon D7000
    Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
    1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering -1 EV ISO 220 AWB, camera supported by a concrete wall
    Post processed in Lightroom 6 and Photoshop Elements 10
    Cropped for composition and presentation
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    Nice details and profile on this portrait. I like the eye and the faint detail contained in the iris. I normally do not worry where dof falls, except for tight portraits, so here I would have stopped down to get the full bill sharp. Still a strong portrait.

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    very nice head shot,nice detail,beautiful eye,and the BG sets the image off nicely.TFS.

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    Nice close up portrait shot Joe. Love the details especially around the eye and head area. The BG colour shows off the bird well.

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    Great light, detail and colours Joseph, also a nice clean background.

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    Terrific light and details and I like your composition. I would've pushed the ISO for more DOF, but a very nice portrait anyway. TFS Joe.

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    The only deal breaker for me is the soft bill tip.
    But you have a wonderful portrait nevertheless.
    Don't forget to use your aperture in this instance and
    a slight cranking up of the ISO with good exposure control
    will still get very good IQ shots.
    Really like it!
    Thanks for sharing!

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