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  1. 04-02-2019, 07:32 PM #1
    Joseph Przybyla
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    This is a image I captured in 2016 at Lake Mirror in Lakeland, Florida. I started from scratch today working the image up with the new skills, tools and upgrades in Lightroom. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

    Nikon D7000
    Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED image captured at 250mm
    1/3200 F/8 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 1400 Auto WB, camera supported by a monopod
    Post processed in Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reductioin
    Cropped slightly for composition and presentation
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  2. 04-02-2019, 07:41 PM #2
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    Lovely details all around and the composition Is wonderful. TFS
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    Hi Joseph: Great FFD composition and BG. Care to say more about the "new tools/techniques" used? Cheers.
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    Details look great, and I think you could bring the whites up a touch for a bit more pop. As is, they look slightly gray to me.
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  5. 04-03-2019, 02:59 AM #5
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    Looks good, I have never seen one so I have to ask are the "white" feathers white or grey/beige, possibly lift the darkest plumage a little. A levels layer and gentle adjustment of the mid tone slider illustrates my point.
    i sense being that close there may be some detail in the iris to exploit. I like the composition.
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  6. 04-03-2019, 06:02 AM #6
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    Hi Joe, like Jon, I like the framing, but I find the yellow dominating, if you used Vibrance then backing it off I feel offers a better result. Nice detail.

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    Lovely pose and great detail. Nice BG too. Always fun to apply new skills. You are vastly more familiar with Limpkins than I am, but to my eye the off-whites look about right.
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    Love the soft light and the preening pose. Even though he is preening the "other side" his body is angled in such a way that the bill is perfectly parallel to the back of the camera, just as it should be.

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  9. 04-03-2019, 06:10 PM #9
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    Details look great. Like the s curve the birds neck makes. The preeing pose is quite nice as well.
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  10. 04-03-2019, 11:29 PM #10
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    Joe, super details, nice BG, HA, very nice.

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