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    This youngster is a frequent visitor to my back yard, coming to check out the feeder birds in hopes of a quick lunch. (They are generally smart enough to know when he's around.) He normally perches in the woods behind my house, or in a dogwood tree near the house, where he is partially obscured by twigs and branches. This time he chose a branch that kept him clear of obstructions. He stayed put for awhile as I walked toward him, getting pretty close with the lens zoomed out to give him flying room. I hoped he would take off across the open yard, but of course he went back into the woods. It's amazing how well these guys can negotiate a thicket of twigs and brambles at high speed.

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    HI Bill ... a really nice looking specimen .
    Nice and clean , simplicity is the key here .
    Super smooth BG and the subject stands out nicely with the head turn to the good side .

    TFS Andreas

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    Hi Bill, I think you did well grabbing this image before the Cooper's took off. Nice and detailed, and the BG accentuates the bird, contrast... Looks real good. Stay warm

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    Nice coopers portrays the coopers nicely. Look at the intensity of the eye. Great Ha. Background colors go nice with the browns on the bird. TFS

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    How nice that it stayed while you approached. You lined yourself up with a good BG too. Did you zoom in closer to take some verticals too?

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    Bill, congrats getting this fella tamed to the point of having an unobstructed view ;-)

    Really though, it's a fine frame. The pose and bkg helped a bunch and the comp works pretty well. I too would love to know if you grabbed a vertical?

    WB felt a touch off to me, and because I hate dropping RP's on other people's threads I thought I'd suggest taking a look at +8 temp and +3 tone. Bit of blues seem to also be evident in the chest too? See what you think.

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    nice settings and BG, great HA. not bad for ISO 4K but I'd back off on NR a bit especially the perch, the part of the perch sticking out in front of the bird is a bummer. all else is good

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    Thank you all for looking and commenting. Perhaps I should have zoomed in for a tighter shot, and maybe a vertical. I was convinced he would fly at any moment, so I zoomed out to give him a lot of flying room, took a few steps toward him and paused, clicked, and repeated a few times, adjusting the zoom for flight. As it turned out I could at least have gotten a tighter shot (this is a moderately large crop).

    Brian, this was shot at AutoWB, and looked extremely cool, given the nature of the light. I did use a warming filter (I think around 15%) before posting, which made it look better, but still cool. Of course I noticed the blue tones and considered desaturating the blues, but figured this was part of the lighting of the scene. (A number of immature Coop images on the web also show similar bluish tones.)

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    Here's a warmer repost.

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    Bill, warmth in the RP helped!

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    Re-post rocks. But Mr. Hazeghi nailed the big problem with this one -- the part of the perch sticking at us. Please replace that perch asap.

    I do love the sharpness and the color tones.

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