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    This image was created at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge on 5/21/20 at 8:12PM. Image processed in Lightroom and Photoshop.

    Hand held, Medium crop.

    Canon 5D MarkIV
    Canon 500 f/4 IS USM
    Canon Extender EF 1.4X III
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    John:

    Very nice, excellent silhouette , love the flipped feather on top of the head, small island, sense of vista.

    I would consider cleaning up a few of the more distinct snags in the foreground, personal taste, but this type of image usually plays well with very simple graphic look to it.

    Well seen and captured.

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    Nice light makes this pop with the silhouette. Flipped feather was the first thing noticed besides the light. I agree with Randy on the clean up at least close to the island that are more prominent. Nice image overall John. TFS

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    Lovely silhouette, with beautiful BG sunset colour. Agree regarding cleaning up distractions in the foreground. TFS

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    Another yes to cleanup and I would go a bit tighter.
    Dan Kearl

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    Looks good to me John, regarding clean up I don't mind the reed stems etc, the issue is if you cleared up the foreground what would you do with the background? Is it likely that a scene would have a beautifully clean foreground and some irregularity only in the distance, I personally think not.
    It's a natural image, I like it.

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