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    I made this image in Antelope Island State Park UT couple of weeks back.

    I forgot my ground pod and had to hold the lens with one hand and crawl from the road to the beach (Not Ideal). Happy with the result.


    Camera Settings:-
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    Nikon D850 600 f/4 + 1.4 x TCIII
    Info 1/2000s f/6.3 ISO800
    Manual; Matrix metering


    Post Processing:-
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    Raw Processing using C1P 20
    Slight Crop for Composition
    Nik 25-25 Filter on Bird at reduced opacity
    Tonal Adjustments in Viveza
    Neat Image NR
    Sharpening for Presentation
    Dodge selectively
    Cloned few spots in the background


    Let me know your thoughts and comments.

    Thanks
    Krishna

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    This is beautiful Krishna, love the soft pastel colours, format and ultimately, being small in frame, a very cool image. Just a thought, but you could try just darkening the FG up to and slightly above that natural line the legs disappear in.

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    Wonderful pose, comp, colors. Well seen and executed.

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    I like the pose, reflection and loose composition. Very nice image Krishna.

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    Looks good to me, lovely image. Makes me wonder what the bird was doing to pose like that, almost looks like it was about to take flight. Thank you for sharing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joseph Przybyla View Post
    Looks good to me, lovely image. Makes me wonder what the bird was doing to pose like that, almost looks like it was about to take flight. Thank you for sharing.
    Wing stretch I assume. They do it all the time after resting for a while

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    Works very well small in the frame. I could see it cropped a little more from the right. The reflection is nice. Like the light as well.

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    Congrats Krishna, your Avocets are beautiful and this artistic composition including the reflection are stunning!

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    I love this image. Very dreamy and artisitc.
    Your comp is perfect.
    The wing pose is lovely and the color palette os soft and ethereal.
    I might be tempted to soften the edge of the line in the reflection but that is a very minor issue.
    The whites on the body are close to being blown and I might try to tone that area down.
    Well done,
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    good comp. congratulations

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    Love it. A beautiful scene that you found and captured so well. Well done without the ground pod.
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