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    Snowy Egret, Gilbert, AZ
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    Welcome to BPN, Kurt. Excellent fishing capture. Like the wing positions, feet opened ready for the catch, and the intense gaze at the prey.


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    Nice action shot. Like most everything about other than the head being slightly angled away.

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    Focus hit the feet which are great... I would try to sharpen the head a bit more.
    Whites are right on the edge.
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    Kurt, pretty landing pose here. I actually like the specular highlights in the deep blues at the water.

    Agree with Jack on head angle, that's the main issue here for me. Wish the eye/head were a tad more in focus as well as Dan mentioned.

    TFS.

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    All good stuff above, esp. with regards to the bird angling slightly away from you, most likely due to the wind direction. In a perfect world, the near underwing would have been fully raised and thus fully lit. The pose is quite wicked.

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