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Beautifully framed, nice soft light, and a killer background. Well done on all counts.
a -- in Scotland heading for puffins
ps: forgot the perfect head turn with perfect d-o-f.(I am fine with the slightly o-o-f bill tip -- I never even noticed it until I typed the first part of this sentence :)
Last edited by Arthur Morris; 06-27-2019 at 02:48 AM.
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Have fun with those puffins... Excited by Sony's new telephoto glass. Should increase pressure on Canon et al to release telephoto range native mirrorless glass sooner... Can't wait for RF telephoto glass.
As always, thanks for sharing your extensive knowledge.
Peace,
David
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Looking good. Nice pose and detail. Composition is right on as well. Background is another plus.
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As a fan of tight portraits like this I am loving all the detail. A bit more dof would have been great, but you were already at f/8 so it would have been impossible to get the full bill in focus. I'm liking it as is anyhow.
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Great FFD, colours and sharpness. If it were mine I'd remove the (for me distracting) grass bits above the head. TFS
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Nice look at this juvenile Tri-colored Heron. Great feather detail and colors, nice background (there is a couple areas I might smooth out in Photoshop). Thank you for sharing, David.
Something you might think about... with these long billed birds difficult at best to get the tip of the bill sharp. I have only been to Wakodahatchee once, I remember the boardwalk to be similar to the boardwalk at Gatorland. When I shoot portraits at Gatorland, if close to the bird I use F/11. In close it doesn't add much over F/8 but sometimes it is the difference of a sharp bill tip or not. Another way is to use F/5.6 or 8 and move back planning to crop later.
Joe Przybyla
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