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    Default Eastern Phoebe

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    Out to Circle B Bar Reserve early yesterday morning. Dense fog not lifting to mid morning, made for good backgrounds but difficult post processing. I captured this image of a Eastern Phoebe during the fog. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    1/250 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV +1 ISO 320 Auto 1 WB, camera supported by a monopod
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reductioin
    Cropped from horizontal to vertical for composition and presentation
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    Nice perch with a nice pose. Looks a little under exposed this could be the fog though.

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    The frame is simple and clean but lacks detail throughout. I don't know if that's the result of a heavy crop or being out of focus,
    but it's an issue either way. Open beak is nice, but the disengaged head turn is tough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dorian Anderson View Post
    The frame is simple and clean but lacks detail throughout. I don't know if that's the result of a heavy crop or being out of focus,
    but it's an issue either way. Open beak is nice, but the disengaged head turn is tough.
    Hi Dorian, the crop was not too heavy. The conditions for photography were terrible, heavy dense fog. I gave it a go but shouldn't have. The telephoto lens just magnifies it too much even when close to a bird. Thank you for viewing and commenting.
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    Yeah this is a tough one Joe. You have a nice close look and some nice feather details hidden behind some not so great image quality. Fog did you no favors on this one.

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    Way too dark for me. In similar situations you might try to blink the whole sky and then render it white ...

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