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    These endangered kites are tricky to photograph. You have to get that gorgeous ruby red eye.
    As our" shelter at home" continues I have been cleaning out EHD's and looking for lost treasures. I found this from Florida in 2018.
    Cloned the tip of an anhinga tail that was protruding from RHS of frame.
    90% of these birds are banded.
    Canon 1 DX, 600mm v.2, 1.4x
    ISO 1000 F 6.3 SS 1/3200
    PP: Crop to 75% FF, Cloned out the protruding tail of anhinga. Nothing else fancy.
    Comments and critiques always appreciated and learned from with thanks,
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    Gail:

    Dynamic pose, great eye contact between birds, like the males spread wings. Well exposed.

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    Exceptional pose, that shows the difference in plumage between male and female. Nicely exposed. Good comp. Only nit might be to burn the few brightest bits of branches.

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    Hi Gail, super action and wonderful pose by the birds. I don't mind the bands and can imagine why they do that. Such amazing birds. Hope their numbers are increasing.

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    I love the interaction, good exposure but I wish you had a better head angle for both perch isn’t pretty but that’s not in our control

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    Head angle on top one is fine nice I think, the other one not that bad.
    I would have erased everything but the main perch. The stuff on the lower right adds nothing
    and is easy to take out.
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    I like the IQ, behaviour and composition. Very well done Gail as usual.

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    Gail, super awesome capture. TFS.

    I'm not the technical expert but based on feedback I get in other shares my inclination would be to raise blacks/shadows. Is there a particular reason you might not touch those in this photo... or maybe you did?

    Not critiquing, just curious.

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    Hi Brian,
    Thanks for commenting and critiquing! Critiques are always welcome. I like to say that critiques are fantastic but criticism is not.
    I try to stay true to my images. The shadows here are natural because of the angle of the sun and the shooting angle. I did lift the shadows in LR by +10. I felt that any more than that and it would look phony.
    The tail was my main concern and I just lifted the shadows enough to see some detail there.
    As Chas Glatzer says "light illuminates and shadows define".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Sump View Post
    Gail, super awesome capture. TFS.

    I'm not the technical expert but based on feedback I get in other shares my inclination would be to raise blacks/shadows. Is there a particular reason you might not touch those in this photo... or maybe you did?

    Not critiquing, just curious.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gail bisson View Post
    Hi Brian,
    Thanks for commenting and critiquing! Critiques are always welcome. I like to say that critiques are fantastic but criticism is not.
    I try to stay true to my images. The shadows here are natural because of the angle of the sun and the shooting angle. I did lift the shadows in LR by +10. I felt that any more than that and it would look phony.
    The tail was my main concern and I just lifted the shadows enough to see some detail there.
    As Chas Glatzer says "light illuminates and shadows define".
    Gail
    Wonderful explanation & education. Thank you :-)

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    A nice behavirol image for sure. I like the pose on the bottom bird. Detail looks nice as well.

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