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    I captured this image at Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    1/2000 F/7.1 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 1000 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC and Photoshop CC 2018
    Cropped for composition and presentation
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    Killer sharp, killer pose, and great reflexes by you. I am seeing some funkiness around the head and face; the evidence seems strong that there was some green stuff around (or even over???) the bird's face that was removed ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Killer sharp, killer pose, and great reflexes by you. I am seeing some funkiness around the head and face; the evidence seems strong that there was some green stuff around (or even over???) the bird's face that was removed ...

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    Hi Artie, your eyes have not failed you. There was some green around the head that I removed. I also saw after posting what you noticed. While you were typing I was working on the image to remove as much as possible. I reposted the image before reading your comment. I think the repost is better. Thank you for viewing and commenting, I so much appreciated your experienced comments.
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    YAW. Sorry but the work is still obvious :( Was the oof green stuff in front of the bird's head or behind it? Either way, making selections of feathers that are accurate down to one pixel is difficult at best. There is a way to do it perfectly but I do not know how ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    YAW. Sorry but the work is still obvious :( Was the oof green stuff in front of the bird's head or behind it? Either way, making selections of feathers that are accurate down to one pixel is difficult at best. There is a way to do it perfectly but I do not know how ...

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    Yup, but sometimes I try the impossible. Regarding the timing to capture the image, I must have held focus after capturing images of the stationary bird for a half hour before it flew. They normally squat slightly before flying, that was my key to trigger the shutter. Here is a repost without work around the head. The merge of the green bothered me, so I tried to see if I could remove it.
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    Hey Artie, just wondering if this is better. I used the Targeted Adjustment Tool on the Parametric Curve in Lightroom to raise the highlights around the head. To me it appears cleaner, not smudgy as before.
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    Still funky :( Please confirm that Pane #5 is out of camera. Thanks.

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    Still funky :( Please confirm that Pane #5 is out of camera. Thanks.

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    No, not out of the camera. Here is out of the camera.
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    Thanks. I am 100% fin with the head and the green. I would crop it and be very happy. Maybe lose the stuff in the lower left corner. Sometimes we think too much ...

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    I love the take=off pose and those curled feet.
    I would not even worry about the green stuff around the head. It looks fine a sis.
    I would back off on the saturation a bit.
    Please do repost without the cloning! I am sure it would look fantastic!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Thanks. I am 100% fin with the head and the green. I would crop it and be very happy. Maybe lose the stuff in the lower left corner. Sometimes we think too much ...

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    Gotcha... agrees with thinking too much and would add post process too much. A thread like this is a learning experience. I will work on it and repost when finished. Thanks for the help and sharing your knowledge and experience.
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    A very nice capture well focused. The first frames look rather heavy in saturation the last frame in my estimation needs only minor additional saturation/vibrance.

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    Great pose. Nice timing. The light looks quite nice here. Love the two toned background.

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    Here is the workup of the original and respost as mentioned. Thanks everyone for viewing, and commenting. Very much appreciated...
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    Much better Joe. I'd go with the color somewhere between the original and version in Pane 14. The latter is a bit too saturated for me.

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