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    Default Black winged stilt

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    Taken in the Chambal River in India, I think this is a juvenile.
    Olympus : E-M1X
    Lens focal length : 420 mm
    Focal Length (35 mm conversion) : 841.0mm
    Metering mode : Pattern
    Exposure mode : Manual exposure
    ISO Sensitivity : 800
    Exposure compensation : +1.0 EV
    Shutter speed : 1/1600 sec

    Hand held from a boat

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    Excellent capture of this beauty, Jonathan. The light is so defused and warm that with the slight head turn you have perfect highlights in all the right places with the sun coming from the left. Also as a result of sun direction there is fine detail throughout. Like the sand falling off to a darker background.


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    Great feather detail, the head turn saves the walking away pose, I just wished you'd been able to get a lower POV so the same line didn't go right through the body. Processing looks nice on this one

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    A nice image Jon, I agree with Mike regarding a better angle but all else is looking good.

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    I like the pose and the delicate long feet, are they white are brown? the black necked stilts we have here are white, but not sure about this specie.... bummer the edge of the rock ran straight through the bird lower shooting angle and more details in the belly plumage would have helped here. I'd go for a 2:3 aspect ratio too, this one seems 3:4

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    Hi Jon ... looks like one of this typical Indian flat but bright light situations .

    The color situation at the Chambal river seems to be very yellowish ... as all of your images from there having the same " cast" !!!
    I quite like the soft light with the soft tonality .... fitting very well to the fragile looking subject , if you get what I am talking about .
    You did quite well in terms of fine detail and sharpness .... and I think you would have loved to go lower to avoid the edge of the sand bank .
    I might try a different WB with a more separation between the colors i.e. different WB to HL and SH ...... but delicately

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    A beautifully elegant stilt. Unfortunately, as others noted, the BG divided in half right through the bird kills if for me. I understand that we can't always get the POV that we want.

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    Echo other comments about, especially the divided background. Bird needs more room behind, and I think the frame has a slight yellow cast (easily corrected).

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    Thanks very much for your comments everyone, I will have another look at the file baring in mind your suggestions relating to composition/cropping and white balance.
    Andreas, it hadn't occurred to me to split the white balance, I had read about it previously and it had disappeared into the dark recesses of my mind.

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    Whoa look at those legs. Nice pose. Yes framing is a little tight.

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    What a beautifully delicate bird this is! Well exposed, and sharp, but yes that BG line is unfortunate.

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