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    I captured this one a while ago on the island of Lunga on Scotlands west coast. This was before the young birds hatched, so no bill full of fish pix. I thought try something different from the usual Puffin portrait.

    Will

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    Even at f16 you got a lot of DOF at close range...I like it a lot.
    I think you could juice it up a bit...
    Dan Kearl

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    This is bang right in your face. The bird must have been very close to stop down so far. Looks solid.

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    This looks really good William! I love hte head on view and the high key lighting really creates some cool contrast. Detail is lovely. Noise is starting to rear its head in the eyes, so maybe a bit of selective NR on those
    and a few other dark spots. Otherwise really solid!

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    Another great image Will. Love the details on the face, the colours, high key BG. TFS

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    Well done. How large a crop? If you use the Ruler Tool to draw a line between the bottom of the two eye skins I am pretty sure that you will see that this one needs some CW rotation.

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    Thanks for the comments, much appreciated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Well done. How large a crop? If you use the Ruler Tool to draw a line between the bottom of the two eye skins I am pretty sure that you will see that this one needs some CW rotation.

    with love, artie
    Hi Artie this is about 60% of the original...I noticed that it needed rotated, but left it with a slight slant, as I thought it looked rather cute at that angle.

    Will

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    Well done William. DOF looks good on this close up . Nice details, but I would like to see a little more noise reduction.
    Robert Kimbrell



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    Wow Will, i like this very much and slant is okay with me!

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    I agree some NR to certain spots would be beneficial, but I love the whimsical look to this puffin :-)

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