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    Taken some years back with my first digital camera- NikonD70
    Lens was a 200mm Cosinon which cost 150 quid¬
    Image quality lacking but worth all the world to me as its unlikely I will get the chance of one of these again. IQ isnt everything to me but thas a personal thingTheses birds used to be common but now a definate rarity. Was at the second pool I ever built.
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    Taken in a red sandstone quarry.
    Thanks for looking.
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    Your self critique is spot on John, and I agree a rarity indeed, I only saw one last year.

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    Hi John ,i spent a full week looking for these birds in Norfolk last year,we heard them and got a few glimpses but never lucky enough to get shots ,well done top bird photography from someone who knows his stuff....

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    Thanks Den. Wouldn't go that far but praise indeed !
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    You know your stuff,and i also know you know about Little owls that i do know

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    A beautiful dove! Neat setting too. I agree with you about the IQ, but one thing you could adjust in post is the WB which seems a bit on the "red" side to me. I guess in hindsight you could have raised the ISO a tad, although I realize ISO performance has come a long way since then!

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    Hi Daniel
    The reds have always been an issue in this quarry as the sand is bright red. I did reduce it but wanted to retain some of the character. Easily fixed anyway. Thanks for commenting.
    John
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    Daniel- Check the whites on the neck and see what you come up with. I get the reds down there and its the only bit of true white. Interesting.
    Thanks
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    Hi Peter
    I purely wished to see if my white reading was the same as Daniels and if we were usingn the same method of assessing it and from the same or similar spot.. Not to make an issue of it which seems to be the inference. What gives you the impression I am not takin advice. ?? I am somewhat confused.I have had the same issue with this quarry ever since I first started photography there because of the intense red sand stone. Every pic I have ever posted there has had comments about the ed content and its the old story- if you wish to convey a scene or atmosphere in ones photography whatis the pointof changing it?- again more confused.
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    Peter
    The only "clone" area that I can see is where I got my logo in the wrong place bottom left and I recall, there may have been a white feather elsewhere. I don,t think that is related tothe overall look of the scene surely ?It is an old image and I did point that out.
    Its not my calibrated display -its the bright red of the quarry- and that in my view gives it the whole "atmosphere" It does for me anyway.
    I have no idea what you mean regarding the "interesting " comment.
    I was simply pointing out that our two interpretations of and comments on the image were "interesting" What on earth is wrong with that ? Why that is not nice is beyond me- I have seen the same comment made several times without any issue.
    John

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    Looks like a canvas stretch poorly done to alleviate a tight bottom crop.Looks like a slice has got moved down slightly. Really can't recall. certainly not from another image.
    Well scrutinised whatever
    John

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    Lovely bird giving you an nice looking at you pose, John.

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    I'd crop from the bottom to right about where you did that canvas stretch to eliminate that whole messy bottom. And then crop from the left to rebalance. Colors are an issue, but it can be fixed. This being said, there are some images that are special to us for one reason or another and while not maybe up to usual standards, certainly can retain a place in our portfolios as this one is to you.

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    Thanks both.
    John

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