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    This common loon was captured last month in northern Michigan in deep twilight. I was getting ready to head back to the boat ramp before it got too dark to find it, and this fellow drifted towards me. They often are quite mellow this time of evening, I always have my SB900 with a better beamer mounted when I go out in the evening but often don't end up using it. In this case it was very handy.

    D850. 600VR. f/5.6. 1/1000s. ISO 2000. Flash on manual. Taken from the bottom of my little loon boat.

    Post: Noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise AI, cropped to level and for comp. LR Classic and PS 2020.

    Advice and comments always appreciated.

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    As always, great POV and love the clean BG and the way it fades from green to black.
    Perfect HA.
    Light and flashwork are excellent.
    The reflection pulls the eye a bit but not a huge problem for me.
    Well done!
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    A stunner. If you had raised the lens a bit and pointed it right a bit, I think that it would have been even stronger. Sharpness and colors superb.

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    Lovely, IQ, and i like how the bird appears 3D. That ruby eye is so stunning, POV, BG, a real winner Randy!

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    Randy, great suggestions above. Dramatic feel as it heads into the dark, as it appears anyway which is really cool. Sun is gorgeous bouncing off the face.

    Crop may be a touch tight for my taste but beautiful nonetheless.

    What time was it exactly do you think?

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    All has been said, but I'll add you always make flash look totally natural... TFS

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    Well i don't know what hasn't been said about these loons. But this one is just as lovely as the others. Love that light.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gail bisson View Post
    As always, great POV and love the clean BG and the way it fades from green to black.
    Perfect HA.
    Light and flashwork are excellent.
    The reflection pulls the eye a bit but not a huge problem for me.
    Well done!
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    Gail,

    Were you wishing for a bit more room below the reflection?

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    Love it Randy....so different. Just imagine what it would look like printed large....Well done...everything blends nicely. Perfect.

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    Randy e-mailed me this a JPEG that represented the RAW file and asked me how I would have cropped it ...

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    I sent him this screen capture along with these comments:

    As presented in Pane 1, the lighter tones behind the bird (on our left) dragged my eye so my crop, with more of the dark in the front, helped to balance the frame. If that makes any sense ….


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    Artie asked me to post the redo. Let us know what you think. Thanks

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    Good job Randy. I love your repost. Great work with the crop and the noise reduction.

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    Beautiful image. I love how the loon stands out against the dark background. I would have to say that I prefer the repost with the new crop.

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    Randy, probably somewhere between for me but certainly closer to the repost.

    Nice work, good suggestion Artie.

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