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    Default Snowy Egret... breeding plumage and color

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    Another image from the rookery at Gatorland earlier this year. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2019 and Neat Image for noise reductioin
    Cropped slightly for composition and presentation
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    Nice Joe, not sure you needed that much shutter speed and ISO though. Another little bit of sharpening around the eye and lores might help

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    Now those are some feathers. Like the composition. The soft light brings out the details nicely. Breeding plumage is a plus.

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    I see a lot of noise in RUC and that annoying posterization that comes with these green BG.
    I love the pose.
    I like your crop but would love to see a bit more on the bottom.
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    Eye is nice and exposure looks good but there is some PP issues with noise and posterization.
    Dan Kearl

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    Quote Originally Posted by gail bisson View Post
    I see a lot of noise in RUC and that annoying posterization that comes with these green BG.
    I love the pose.
    I like your crop but would love to see a bit more on the bottom.
    Gail
    Hi GAil, thank you for viewing and commenting. The stuff you are seeing in the JPEG is not in/on the masterfile and TIFF. I think it is maybe compression to the small file size and the problem with posterization of green backgrounds here. I couldn't go lower the bird was on a railing at Gatorland and I was angling for a reasonable clean background. Thanks again for viewing.
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