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    I captured this image of a preening American White Pelican at Lake Morton in Lakeland, Florida. Amazing the dexterity the bird has with such a long bill. my first thought was that it would be like to try to comb my hair with a pair of barbecue tongs, but the bird is able to separate single feathers for grooming. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2021 and Neat Image for noise reduction when needed, smoothed a few darker areas in the background with the Paintbrush in Photoshop
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    P.S. Learn more about Lake Morton in the BAA Middle Florida Photography Site Guide that Artie and I co-authored. It is available at this link The BAA Middle of Florida Site Guide
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    Love the different pose on this beauty with that extended neck to reach the hard parts. Composition works well for me for this canvas. I might dodge the necks shadow just a tad more. Another beautiful frame from you... TFS

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    Super image Joe, love the framing and great detail. As the eye is almost open here, I think it would have been nice to have be fully open, but hey... My only comment would be, try to get the whites cleaner, the image then pops and being almost 'pristine' the detail really comes through and shows what a great capture you bagged.

    Joe, blue BKG your call along with the colouration of the bill, just trying to illustrate my comment re the white plumage, but done on the MBPro so I might be off a fraction.

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    I like the image -- was this this season? And I like Steve's BLUEs a bit better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    I like the image -- was this this season? And I like Steve's BLUEs a bit better.

    with love, artie
    Hi Artie, yes this week at Lake Morton.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Super image Joe, love the framing and great detail. As the eye is almost open here, I think it would have been nice to have be fully open, but hey... My only comment would be, try to get the whites cleaner, the image then pops and being almost 'pristine' the detail really comes through and shows what a great capture you bagged.

    Joe, blue BKG your call along with the colouration of the bill, just trying to illustrate my comment re the white plumage, but done on the MBPro so I might be off a fraction.

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    Thanks Steve, for the suggestions and edit. I will work on getting the whites cleaner and the blue background. Stay healthy...
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    Thank you Joe, may be use PS more and try to do less within LR, you are so close with these images I just feel that you try to do too much in LR and it may not be the right tool.

    Stay safe too.
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    Lovely shot, i really like the glint in the birds eye!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Thank you Joe, may be use PS more and try to do less within LR, you are so close with these images I just feel that you try to do too much in LR and it may not be the right tool.

    Stay safe too.
    Hi Steve, I hear you but Lightroom makes what you do in Photoshop easier. Thank you for the encouragement.
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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting, much appreciated.
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