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    With so many top notch portraits around these days, I find myself looking for some behaviour aspect or unusual poses within the shots I choose to process. I had the classic pose of this bird mid-step a few frames later, but the foraging pose has really caught my eye

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    Nicely detailed shot I agree good to see the foraging or similar e.g. bill just clearing water with a droplet or maybe prey.
    There is a slight blue cast on the bird - you may have left it deliberately but I thought I'd mention it.

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    Head sharpness and shooting angle are excellent. Whole image seems to have a green/blue cast. Ii'm not sure how to get the colors right since I don't usually shoot before the sun cracks the horizon as is the case here. I wish for a bit more depth of focus on the bird.

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    Love the pose and shooting angle.. Whites look good to me, I think the color is fine.
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    Nice feeding pose with good detail. Color looks good to me given the illumination.

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    Classis sanderling feeding pose. Like the tension with the water of the bill.

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    Very nice image. Like the feeding pose.

    Seems like the subject is in shade.

    I would add more space behind the subject.

    TFS

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    Thanks everyone for commenting. This was pre-dawn so there is quite a bit of blue in the BG which can fool the eye, but the values on the bird show it as being close to neutral, if anything with a slightly warm WB

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