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    From Barnegat Jetty last Sunday.

    D500, Sigma 150-600C @ 550mm, AutoISO@1400, 1/2500s @ f/6.3 manual.

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    A good detailed shot, I think perhaps if the contrast was reduced a fraction then there would be more detail in the darkest plumage?

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    Like the framing and that slight look back this scoter gave you. Light was nice as well. Love the texture in the water.

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    Some really nice morning light on this male! Details look good throughout, particularly on the face, and that orange bill knob - maybe a touch bit saturated - really pops against the blue. I birded that location all the time as a Philly
    kid - still never shot there - so I know it is really hard to get lower on that jetty. Would be an awesome angle if achievable.

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    Bill".

    Well captured, venue limits your shooting angle options, but the bird displays well. I agree about trying to open up the blacks just a bit. I don't believe they are truly blocked up, but a little lighter might be a good option.

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    Love your light here. Great bird.
    Every time I see a photograph from Barnegat Jetty, I think that it is such a pity that a photographer cannot get lower.But this still looks great.
    Gail

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    Thank you all. I'll look at reducing the contrast a bit. I didn't want to brighten the image because to me these birds look almost black in real life. Yes, it's tough to get lower at Barnegat. I was sitting on the top of the rocks with my legs dangling into a crevice between boulders. One could lie down on the rocks, but that would make it tough to track BIF. There are a few spots along the jetty where one can clamber down into a crevice to get a bit lower POV, but unfortunately that requires some agility that my aging body has now lost.

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