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    Default See, Son. Just like this will get 'em every time.

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    Mallards from Cape May several months ago. I removed an oof hen to the left. And the heads of both birds seem a bit coarse. Unfortunately I fried the near underwing. Did my best to recover it but it's really beyond repair so I probably shouldn't have posted this. But I liked the wing flap and juxtaposition.

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    Well you did a good job with ejecting the oof hen, but you have set the bar so high that I did immediately wonder what went on with that underwing. Nice pose and fortunately a species that you will no doubt get another crack at.
    BTW, take a look at my GWT post a few threads below and my fix, thanks to you. Much appreciate your keen eye.

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    Good self-critique. That fried underwing is way beyond greyed out.... Why ISO 2000 in what looked like a sunny situation? Furthermore, 1/2500 7.1 is a great ISO 400 exposure for bright whites on a sunny day....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Good self-critique. That fried underwing is way beyond greyed out.... Why ISO 2000 in what looked like a sunny situation? Furthermore, 1/2500 7.1 is a great ISO 400 exposure for bright whites on a sunny day....
    Hi Artie. I was set for flight shots, thus the 1/2500. This was early morning, the sun having just cleared the dunes behind me. Exposure on all the other frames around this time were good with just the slightest of blinkies on the whites, but when he raised his wings and showed his bright white underwing directly facing the rising sun, I wasn't prepared to dial it back. This, for example, was shot three minutes later with the same settings. http://www.birdphotographers.net/for...ing?highlight= Admittedly, had there been a lot of white in this it would have been overexposed, but I wasn't ready for the amount of white in the OP. As I said, I probably shouldn't have posted it. Can I take it back?

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    Yes, the under wing is overexposed but otherwise the picture is still presentable, Bill.

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