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    Default Collared Pranticole (Glareola pranticola)

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    Taken photography this morning, before sunrise, in a small lake near Cordoba (Spain)

    Nikon D300 * 200-400 f4 * Tripod * Blind * Full frame * Natural pre-sunrise light *
    S:1/25 * F:4 * ISO:400

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    I like it a lot Pepe, Vale !!! Great low angle, soft light and very sharp !!! Beautiful bird, first view for me !!! About the only thing you could wish for is a smoother ground around the bird !!! Do love it as presented !!!

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    Welcome Pepe. This is a lovely bird and a lovely image. You might lighten the face a bit and elect to get rid of the two black spots on the mud and the faint blackish A shaped thing about two inches in front of and below the bird. A perfect head angle for the body position and wonderful light. Plus what Alfred said. I can't wait to see some more.
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    I like this one a lot. the composition is very nice and love the morning light reflection on the eye. I think that some reprocessing work on this image would improve its quality. I worked a few minutes on your jpeg to add more light to the eye area, another round of noise reduction at the background, some gaussian blurr at the foreground and background and color balance to the green areas. Here is my result

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    Nice image of a really cool subject, Pepe. love the low angle. Jaun's rework makes it pop

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