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Lovely view of the Puffin Gail. Pretty good detail as well. Nice HA and the prey does add. The trailing feet do give a good colour boost to the image. The two toned BG shows the bird well.
Will
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There's nothing missing here. Love the head turn, seeing both feet and wings fully extended and the sushi. What more could you ask for. Really a super capture and I can't imagine this was an easy shot b/c these birds are really fast.
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Gail nice shot as is, if you falsified the claw on the left foot it would look fake because the foot is not as sharp/in focus as the right foot. I would be 100% happy as is.... did you remove blue from the bird and fish?
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Hi John,
No, I did not remove any blue from the image. I added +5 to saturation sliders in LR and in CS5 I added a point of black to the blacks and neutrals. What are you seeing that made you ask the question?
Gail
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Hi Gail. So tough to get a good flight shot of these bullets. The mouthful is a big bonus, and the splayed feet put it over the top. Nicely done.
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Gail I saw beautiful clean colours and the fish were silver so I just wondered if you had taken blue out.
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Looks about a perfect can be to me. Outstanding feet and wing position, mouthful of fish an added bonus. Techs spot on as always. Thank you for sharing, Gail.
Joe Przybyla
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Hi Gail, great flying pose showing the top side, and yes to a great HA too. Overall well exposed, and the Puffin pops so well against the lighter BG. His beak full of sandeels adds that extra interest. Well captured.
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So nice Gail. Agree with all that has been said. Pose, background and details are great. Why not select the nails and just increase the blacks a bit in selective color to darken them just a little?
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What a pleasing image Gail. Great that you were able to capture the feet as you did. Good exposure and pose. The mouth full of fish really takes it up a notch.
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Beautiful shot of the little speedster, perfect angle for a dorsal view with the little turn towards the camera, and the unfortunate eels trailing in the wind. I'd definitely be keeping the far foot exactly as it is now,
Mike
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Great top side shot well done, love the mouthful of fish
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This is the shot I've always dreamed of when I go to Iceland. Perfect side profile, Beautiful details, great head angle and a mouthful of fish. What more could you ask for? I don't think there's any reason for you to go back to Iceland again, you mopped up :) Fantastic!!
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