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    Another from my September 2017 visit to Ft. Desoto County Park, Pinellas County, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Love the way the BG shows off this beauty (even a slightly scruffy RE rocks). Also love the soft light, composition, SH and details. TFS

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    Hi Joe, love the intent stare, and I like the overall feather detail. I like how the Egret pops from the lighter BG. I have to say, the head looks a touch soft, and not up to your high standards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Stu Bowie View Post
    Hi Joe, love the intent stare, and I like the overall feather detail. I like how the Egret pops from the lighter BG. I have to say, the head looks a touch soft, and not up to your high standards.
    Hi Stu, not sure why the head might appear soft. I checked the active focus point, it was locked on the front neck area. Checking the settings the sharpening might have been conservative so I raised that. I also added a bit more contrast to the image. Thank you for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.
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    Like the compositiona and the white sand. The repost is sharper.

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    The repost is an improvement and I love clean sand.

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, very much appreciated. I liked this image and reading your comments I felt that there was more in the image than the post processing showed. I returned to the image and began again using better skills and new tools in Lightroom. Here is the edit and repost.

    P.S. Looking at the image I just saw how much larger one leg is than the other.
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