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WOW!!! You handled the light well and the BG, details, colors and pose(wings and tail spread and HA) take it over the top for me. TFS
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Love the pose and would wish for those ruby eyes to have been lit, nice composition, dof, and freeze of the wings.
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Great pose. Sharp as well. The wings have a nice glow to them.
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Love the colors on this bee-eater and the pose really shows them well. I like the sharpness and sweet BG. Excellent image Chris.
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Thats a Beauty Chris...Great colours on the bird with lovely detail and an awesome flight pose. Lovely BG and great perch. I like your crop. Even without the perch in the frame, I think this would look real good. Well done.
Will
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You captured a really great pose here. Really like the image design with the big weathered perch.
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Very nice Chris,.I think think the light from the side has helped here and made those wings special .Agree with William it could stand by itself without the perch if you felt like it. Don't quite understand why you would choose f10. I have seen many of your Carmines but can't remember seeing any settings.
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Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting!
Originally Posted by
Ian McLachlan
Very nice Chris,.I think think the light from the side has helped here and made those wings special .Agree with William it could stand by itself without the perch if you felt like it. Don't quite understand why you would choose f10. I have seen many of your Carmines but can't remember seeing any settings.
Ian, I used F10 in order to get more DOF, which hopefully will give me a better chance to get the whole bird sharp as it takes off.
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Those backlit wings are extra special. Well balanced comp. I'd try to enhance the reds of the eyes. Pretty neat overall!
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The pose and color on the bird are fantastic, but I find the oversized perch and trunk really distracting. I just can't get passed it, particularly with the side lighting. I'm OCD about cleanliness though, sometimes to my own detriment!
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Beyond spectacular pose and sharpness. Bad luck that the bird's head is so close to the perch ... And you did a great job processing the sidelight. Would a tighter crop work for you?
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[QUOTE=Arthur Morris;1208864]Beyond spectacular pose and sharpness. Bad luck that the bird's head is so close to the perch ... And you did a great job processing the sidelight. Would a tighter crop work for you?
Hi Artie, thanks for the comments. Yes, a tighter crop might be better, I don't think I have enough pixels in this instance though.