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    This image was created at Fort De Soto on 4/22/17 at 7:37AM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

    Hand held, Small crop.

    Canon 5D MarkIII
    Sigma 150-600 Contemporary
    600mm
    ISO 800
    f5.6
    1/2000sec

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    Great low POV and the blues in the BG look beautiful.
    Exposure is spot on and I am impressed with the DOF you got at F5.6
    I see what you were trying to do with your comp but I think I would prefer to see the bird centered and would consider a square crop.
    I just wish we could see the head was raised a bit more so that we might have been able to see the eyes a bit better.
    Good image,
    Gail

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    Hi John,
    Lovely tern but for me the eyes are too buried and without the separation from the black head, I lose the "connection" i need to have in an image. BG is so nice, TFS

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    I like it. The only thing that bugs me is the whitish area by the right foot.
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    I like it too. My type of low angle and cool pose. You could try to carefully enhance the existing reflections in the eyes to make them more visible.

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    Love the ultra low POV, can't beat a bit of belly wriggling! I tried brightening the catchlights in the eyes and whilst subtle I found it really helped the shot with that final bit of polish

    Mike

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