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    A juvenile Bald Eagle that perches and flies around the bay where
    I am shooting Caspian Terns. He flies just often enough
    to stir up the Terns which helps move them around for me.
    D500, 700mm (500 pf w/ 1.4), f8, 1/640, iso500
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    Hy, I really like the background, the sky which makes the eagle pop out, plus the catchlight in the eye. The intrudinh RHS branch could be gone, but it doesnt spoil the shot for me. There seems to be a bit of a noise in the feathers, on the wing and chest.

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    Nice view of this juvenile. I like that conifer perch as well. The pose and blue sky background are quite nice as well.

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    Dan, I love eagles and the setting is great but the bird looks like it was not one of your better processing jobs. Quite a bit of noise and saturation looks odd to me.

    There are weird artifacts in the sky on both monitors. If you used excessive levels adjustments, sometimes that can do odd things to bkg for me.

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    Thanks Brian, this looks like crap, not sure what I did.
    my usual PP but this is bad. I apologize, need to be more careful.
    It is not a bad file. Flat light, I did more work than I should have......
    Dan Kearl

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    Quote Originally Posted by dankearl View Post
    Thanks Brian, this looks like crap, not sure what I did.
    my usual PP but this is bad. I apologize, need to be more careful.
    It is not a bad file. Flat light, I did more work than I should have......
    Just glad we caught it. You can figure it out, I know you are much better.

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    Faults aside, I love the setting and colors.

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    Have to agree with Brian on this one.
    Why did you get that weird pixellation in the blue sky? I am trying to figure that one out,
    Gail

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