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    Default Having a soak-Semi-Palmated Plover

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    I always enjoy watching birds resting quietly in the water on a really hot day.
    This little guy had a nice soak at sunrise.
    Nothing fancy here but I love the light in this image.
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    PP: Crop to 70% FF, usual sliders in LR5,off to CS5 for levels and a touch of DE on the breast., USM to JPEG. Nothing cloned or added.
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    Beautiful image, Gail! Magic light, super exposure, very nice colors. Love both foreground and BG and I love the smooth water and the distant BG. I can imagine it gave you a little trying how to crop it. I'd loos some from the top. Well done.

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    Wonderfull quality of light on this beauty, Gail. One can sense the expression of relief. Like the smooth foreground and BG with the narrow ripple in the water.


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    Love the simplicity of this image and the light and feel are divine.
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    nice low angle and light, I'd put more room on the bottom to allow for virtual feet
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    beautiful docile image clear and detailed great bg

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    Beautiful bird, lovely light, wonderful low POV. Thank you for sharing, Gail.
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    I love the crop as is, nicely done with a sweet BG and really lush light. Although minimal I get the illusion the image may need a tiny bit of CCW rotation. Makes me antsy for their migration back through in a couple of months!!

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    Ditto all the positives comments above. Looks like JBWR. As this species has short legs, there is plenty of room for the virtual feet. And I love the framing of the image as posted. Exactly as posted. a
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    ps: no hyphen in semipalmated :)
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    I love it as posted also Gail. The detail and colors are beautiful and I like the fact that it is in the water but still isn't soaked. Well done
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