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    Shot Friday morning approximately 7:15am in the gorgeous golden light in Denver, CO. Unfortunately the body was turned away.

    Nikon D500
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    1/1600
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    AF area - Single point
    Processed in LR
    Crop ~ 40% (photo taken vertically)

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    Brian,
    I'm not the expert that others here are, but here is my 2cents. Absolutely love the colors, soft reflection, and the background. Personally I don't mind the body turn, but the eye seems a bit soft to me. I might have taken a bit more off the bottom, but....
    Nice shot.
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    Yes, more off the bottom and the left (proportionately), after a bit of rotation. The head turn is great.

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    Arties crop is nice and the colors and water are terrific.
    Tough pose to get all sharp, the head is a tad soft but acceptable.
    Nice work.
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    Beautifully rich warm tones in this sweet light. Perfect look-back pose. Such clean water surface. The new crop is nice, but even better is the now level image.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Taylor View Post
    Brian,
    I'm not the expert that others here are, but here is my 2cents. Absolutely love the colors, soft reflection, and the background. Personally I don't mind the body turn, but the eye seems a bit soft to me. I might have taken a bit more off the bottom, but....
    Nice shot.
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    Jerry, thanks for the comments!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daniel Cadieux View Post
    Beautifully rich warm tones in this sweet light. Perfect look-back pose. Such clean water surface. The new crop is nice, but even better is the now level image.
    Daniel, embarrassingly I didn't even catch the level issue Ah well, that's why you guys are here!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Yes, more off the bottom and the left (proportionately), after a bit of rotation. The head turn is great.

    with love, artie
    You're the best Artie. Not sure how I missed the level, but liked the crop. Thanks for the effort!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dankearl View Post
    Arties crop is nice and the colors and water are terrific.
    Tough pose to get all sharp, the head is a tad soft but acceptable.
    Nice work.
    Right on. Thanks Dan!

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    Lovely image dramatic colours my only reservation is the super dark blacks, there is not detail there.

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    This is a beautiful frame.
    You have fantastic light, a great color palette and the new crop makes it that much nicer.
    Agree on a bit more sharpening on the head.
    Well done,
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton View Post
    Lovely image dramatic colours my only reservation is the super dark blacks, there is not detail there.
    Thank you Jonathan. I realized the shot right after this has better contrast and I did process with reduced black allowing more detail.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gail bisson View Post
    This is a beautiful frame.
    You have fantastic light, a great color palette and the new crop makes it that much nicer.
    Agree on a bit more sharpening on the head.
    Well done,
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    Thank you Gail. I feel like I just missed focus a tad but do you have a recommended trick for specific area sharpening - PS perhaps?

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    Nice light,nice pose and a nice setting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Mack View Post
    Nice light,nice pose and a nice setting.
    Thanks John!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Sump View Post
    Thank you Gail. I feel like I just missed focus a tad but do you have a recommended trick for specific area sharpening - PS perhaps?
    in the final step of processing use smart sharpen with radius 0.5 and amount 50 to 60 to make the face a bit sharper, be very gentle as it is easy to overcook it

    lovely BG and light you got the pretty breeding plumage too with a bit more sharpening it should be on the money

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    Quote Originally Posted by arash_hazeghi View Post
    in the final step of processing use smart sharpen with radius 0.5 and amount 50 to 60 to make the face a bit sharper, be very gentle as it is easy to overcook it

    lovely BG and light you got the pretty breeding plumage too with a bit more sharpening it should be on the money

    TFS
    Ari, this is super helpful. If you don't mind please, sorry for asking so many q's:

    - This is a PS tool as I understand. After a little reading, do I need to convert the image to a smart object?
    - Am I to assume a person would NOT have made any other sharpen adjustments in LR?
    - Can I make this edit upon sending to PS from LR, and then re-save it into the LR stack?
    - These recommendations are just specific to my image (rad 0.5 and 50-60) I presume?
    - It seems these will enhance the face, but I presume other similar areas in the image too, correct?

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