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The 840mm did a decent job of mitigating up angle and the framing looks perfect to me. The EXP, poses and HAs all spot on (surprise, surprise). Just wondrous details in all that dark plumage. You could tone down the barked part of the tree just a little more. TFS
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The top pose is killer and wish the end of the Spanish moss was in the frame (In a perfect world). Now I'm gonna go read your blog post...
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Awesome scene, and killer perch for this trio - I love how it is weathered, and the moss hanging off adds a lot. Pretty neat to see two species sitting together like this. Perfectly balanced comp. A couple of dust spots to remove (one above, and one under, the left wing).
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Colors are really nice. Perch and Head Angles are awesome.
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The 840mm did a decent job of mitigating up angle and the framing looks perfect to me. The EXP, poses and HAs all spot on (surprise, surprise). Just wondrous details in all that dark plumage. You could tone down the barked part of the tree just a little more. TFS
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The top pose is killer and wish the end of the Spanish moss was in the frame (In a perfect world). Now I'm gonna go read your blog post...
David. Thanks you. Good point on the 840; the longer the focal length, the lower the angle of inclination (or declination ...) The tonality of the bark looks fine from here. As for the end of the moss, it got pretty ugly there ... Follow the link to the blog and take a look at Image #3 to see the problem.
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Awesome scene, and killer perch for this trio - I love how it is weathered, and the moss hanging off adds a lot. Pretty neat to see two species sitting together like this. Perfectly balanced comp. A couple of dust spots to remove (one above, and one under, the left wing).
Thanks, Dan. Not sure how I missed those. They look as if they were hole punched!
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Very neat to see 2 species of vulture together.
I would be tempted to crop from the bottom and prune the spanish moss so that it doesn't exit the frame.
By cropping some off the bottom, it tricks the eye into thinking the bottom vultures are near eye level.
I would also desaturate the blue of the sky slightly.
Really cool looking tree- the reddish tones are unusual. What kind of a tree is it?
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Hi Artie, the image looks good. Neat to find both Turkey and Black Vultures together. The third appears to be a juvenile. Wonderful old, weathered tree. Thank you for sharing.
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Beautiful feather details and I like seeing the differences in the birds. I'm a big fan of a little environment in shots so I'm really liking all the tree and moss
Mike
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Artie, congrats on getting the band together here (so to speak).
Levels help this one tremendously. The moss only adds for me. You handled the light well.
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Very nice all around. The pose on all three birds is perfect. The top bird makes this one for me with that pose. The moss hanging off the perch is another nice touch.