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    This is a Juvie Forster's Tern that I captured last summer at a local beach wetlands. It had just missed a fish and was caught as it climbed up in the last minutes of beautiful light. I hope you like it.

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    Forgot to ask. Would you keep the water drops or evict them?

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    Hi Dave, nice and sharp, sweet BG and yes I would keep the drops.

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    H i David,
    lovely pose, sharp and terrific HA. I think in this case id remove the drop because it look more like something hanging out of the beak, but all the other drops are welcomed to stay! either way, a terrific juvi, learning the ropes. well done.

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    Thanks Tim and Ann

    Ann, ya I thought about removing the one coming out of the beak as it's kind of elongated but I figured I would see what you guys and gals thought. Thanks
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    Lovely shot David, just hanging there. Keep the drops because they are near enough in focus not to look like artifacts. Initially I though the one from the beak was a fish.

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    Lovey pose excellent exposure and details, yes most definitely keep the drops.

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    Beautiful light and great pose. Your usual fine techs. I would certainly keep the drops; they show that he has just come up from the water. But I'm not 100% sure about the one from the beak.

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    Love the light and the pose.
    I would like a touch more room all around for my taste.
    I like the drops but would clone out the longer trail from the bill.
    You are awfully close to blowing the whites on the forehead but I am on my laptop so I may be wrong.
    The light really is sweet!
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    Love the light and the pose.

    The drops have to stay in my opinion - they show that the bird is rising from the water and complete the 'story' of the frame.

    The only nit for me are the whites on the forehead - maybe on a top level monitor they might be ok, but on my mid-level Dell they look hot.

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    Thanks so much everyone for the comments and the input.

    I will probably remove the drop from the beak as I contemplated it before I posted it.

    As for the whites on the forehead they look ok on my calibrated 5K monitor. I dislike grayish whites and I like to keep my whites "Clean" and "White" so I am usually right on the edge as Gail mentioned but they aren't blown in the TIFF.

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    Sharp, sweet, and white. My favorite parts of the image are the tail and the feet.

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    love the dynamic pose and the sweet SoCal light. whites look good on my screen they aren't blown.
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    Thanks Artie and Arash. Good to see that the whites are looking ok on your monitors.
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