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    Default Baby Week - Day 2 - A wee Wood Duck

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    I must be a glutton for punishment doing all these chicks in a row. If nothing else, sharpening up my PP skills (no pun intended). Anyhow, here is the next in line.

    Again, if sharpening is your concern I would love specifics. Obviously face is wet and should be considered. TIA.

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    Post in LR and PS, DNAI. Did a fair amount of work in the water as it was right along the moss line. Fairly large crop which is why I didn't bring it in any more.

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    High on the cuteness scale. Perfect head angle. POV just right to get a perfect reflection of the head. I particularly like the sharpness of the water drops on the reflected head.

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    Yepper, cute as..., well you know. Great job on sharpening, wonderful low POV, the water is killer. Agree with Bill on that reflection. TFS

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    A great frame of this little one. Love the droplets on the head and that reflection is great. Nice color to the water. Looks a tad bright to me. But that could just be a difference in monitors.

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    WW, NOw that you have perfected bird photography and image processsing, you might consider returning to football. I love the bit of yellow leg showing and the blue sky reflections at the back. With more luck, they would have been in front of the duckling ...

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    Bill, David - mucho many thanks!

    John - the difference between my Macbook Pro 16" and my NEC monitor is quite drastic. It looks 1.5x brighter on the Mac so I could see what you might be seeing.

    Artie - if that's not humbling, not sure what is. I feel like two weeks ago I was getting abused for my processing Definitely been working hard on it though.... thank you my friend.

    Regarding football, well you know I am a weekend warrior right? I still lead the comp leagues in TD's per season at the ripe ol age of 39.5!

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    I like the low angle, I'd warm up the colors a bit looks a bit muted on my screen. I like the yellow foot too

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    Quote Originally Posted by arash_hazeghi View Post
    I like the low angle, I'd warm up the colors a bit looks a bit muted on my screen. I like the yellow foot too

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    Very cute!
    I think most things have been said here but I like the low shooting angle, crucial for these type of shots. Nice exposure and details.
    Agree on warming it up a bit.

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    Super cute and very engaging, so that's good! Low angle is money, and the techs all look good. I agree about warming the image a bit. A really fine effort.

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