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Great banking dorsal view of this beauty, Chris. The light is exceptional and nice detail throughout.
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Great dorsal view and sweet light. The background is nice as well.
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The banking pose and wingspread are spectacular. I love the rich colours and warm light too. Good vertical comp.
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Beautiful bird and a very nice pose. I love the varied background. Perfect world it would have been looking slightly towards us. I have seen many of these birds and they are strikingly white and colorful, especially in beautiful evening light. I do feel the image would be enhanced with the following adjustments. To me the image is too dark. If you were at ISO 1000 and had a shutter speed of 1/3200 there must have still been some nice and warm direct sun. For the repost I did the following. I did a small clockwise rotation as the shore line on bottom was not level. I also brightened the image, added a bit of warmth and applied some detail extractor on the bird to bring out a touch more of that beautiful details. Ran some noise reduction on the background because it looked a bit grainy on my screen. There are many ways to brighten and add warmth and all are equally effective really. Just to show about where I think the shot should be. All of my adjustments were global. If you have any questions let me know. My repost is on top.
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Hey Isaac, great re-post! Thanks for spending time on the image, the result is a significant improvement - the image sparkles! Will be posting some sister images later in the week, and I take all of your suggestions into consideration. Thanks again!
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excellent top side view with great details and I like the fanned tail too. I agree the original was a bit dark which Issac fixed
TFS
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Beautiful Pose. I love the background colors and the colors on the Birds as well.
Changes by Isaac enhances the image.
TFS
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Sensational. The repost is a bit better. Not sure that I have ever seen a more perfect banking pose ... Was this from a vertical original?
with love, artie
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Originally Posted by
Arthur Morris
Sensational. The repost is a bit better. Not sure that I have ever seen a more perfect banking pose ... Was this from a vertical original?
with love, artie
Thanks Artie, no it was cropped from a horizontal image. I should have mentioned that I corrected the horizon and extended the bottom for more space. Apologies for the oversight.
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No Worries Chris. Vertical originals are very rare :)
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Late to the party, but what a stunning shot. Isaac's RP has helped. I love the rich colors and pose. Just beautiful. TFS