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Nice one Jay. I like the water streaks and the sense of motion on the bird. Amazed at how sharp the head is under these circumstances. To me, the feet and perch look a bit odd -- somewhat plasticy. Maybe from too much noise reduction? I think worth another look though. TFS
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Thank you Alex for reviewing the image and C&C. I felt exactly as you about the perch and the legs. And I did check with the original raw image before posting. No difference. It looks the way it is because both are wet and the light. Having said that if I were to reprocess today, I would reduce saturation on the legs a bit. Cheers.
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Hi Artie,
Thanks for your comments. Yes your trick for dealing with oversaturated works well. Poor bird is either hurt or getting old. I did not do anything with it. The two "diamonds" are water drops -- and I love them -;). Again no tempering from my side.
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I think you've done excellently to get the eyes so sharp at such a slow shutter speed.
Regards the silver that Art refers to at the end of the bill, my only gripe there is that they drip touches the end of the bill and I would have preferred even a sliver of separation. But that is my only gripe.
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Thanks Mike for C&C.
Based on comments received from Mike, Artie and Alex, I did some processing. Got rid of water droplets, reduced brightness on perch to make it less plasticky and reduced saturation on legs (added Cyan as Artie's, but took out 50 points black from red). Also changed crop to make this landscape orientation. I like this better. Let me know what you think. Thanks again for comments.
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I think that works very well and you have deleted the drops very effectively. I can just about see a border from the drop below the beak but only because I know you have removed it. I think you have done well.
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Checking back, the leg colors in the repost in Pane #7 are still way over the top. Do go back and read what I wrote in Pane #4.
with love, artie
ps: excellent work with the two huge water spots!
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YAW Jay. Good job on eliminating those electric feet! I still love the image.
with love, artie
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