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Hi Andre, super BG and nice detail captured. Pity about the harsh light but you have handled it well. TFS
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Hi Andre, Im glad you at least managed to capture some of a side profile, as these guys are always on the move, and never giving one decent HA's.
Harsh light as you stated, but the blacks are well exposed. Overall nice and sharp, and nicely separated from the BG.
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You gotta' love that title. A nice portrait shot, well exposed for the dark feathers. Love the red/orange color and all the beak detail. Light already mentioned, enough said. TFS.
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I immeditaly noticed the harsh light but then my eye began studying the image and I ended up not caring about the harshness. Love those eyelashes, details in the reds and well-worn beak. Thanks for posting this image, very enjoyable.
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The harsh light has helped expose the details in the blacks very well so it played in your favor.
Excellent IQ and love the details in the lashes and bill. I really like the shadow of the lashes on the iris.
BG looks good as is but you could also do a bit of a gaussian blur ( or in Detail Extractor in Nik EFEX go to tonal contrast and move all the sliders to the left ( to taste)) to smooth BG a bit more.
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Hi Andre, nice one.
As I'm away I can't really tell, but if young Stu gives a 'thumbs up' on the overall image, great, as my concerns would be the depth & detail of the black plumage. The BKG looks a bit too smooth, at ISO 1000 you should just leave as is, I may only start to use a hint at 3200. Perhaps you can extract a bit more depth on the bill, you have the right tools?
I think the omission of the 'kitchen sink' is really helping on the PP, well done. Not sure if I will see these later this month???
TFS
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Thanks Richard, appreciate!
Thanks Stu, you know how hard it it is to get these guys!
Thanks John, glad you loved the title- tried to portray how I see them..
Thanks Grace- you made my day!
Thanks Gail- will definitely try it on BG!
Thanks Steve! Lets go with young Stu
No noise reduction done on BG, just some D&B on far right to tone down on bright grass stalks. Bill had same D&B treatment, the DOF was a bit tapering at end of bill- decided to enhance sharpness
with contrast via D&B layer- yes can extract more detail, point taken. I have not done much work on the Plumage of the wing, concentrated more on neck and head- any suggestions? Had to tone down on the bag of the blow pipe, as it was very hot..
You might see these OR the Kitchen sink where you are going... BTW.. Hope you had a lovely , special day...
WROTE THIS LAST NIGHT, WAS NEVER POSTED! Thank you auto-save!!!!
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I have not done much work on the Plumage of the wing, concentrated more on neck and head- any suggestions?
Hard to say, it's only when I see the RAW after stripping it right back do I know the direction or 'enhancements' I think is required, as I'm viewing on the laptop I feel it would move things more into the swamp rather than onto dry land.
You might see these OR the Kitchen sink where you are going...
The 'Kitchen sink' is all in your Apps folder, I doubt unless I get re routed will I have time to swing by and look into your Macs - sadly. 
Yes I did thank you, Mr Canon has made me a happy boy.