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    Female Goldeneye lifting off the Platte River.


    Canon D500 500mm f4 1/5000 f 7.1 ISO 800 -.33 exp comp

    ACR for WB, Topaz Denoise, cropped in about 10%.

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    Excellent flight pose Vaughn. Really like the lighting here and the detail and colours. TFS Canon D500??

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    Really super shot, everything looks first class, details colours light pose - couldn't ask for more, the background has some texture without interfering or attracting too much attention.

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    hi,

    very very good..! congratulations

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    Great job on this Vaughn! Techs are top notch. Well done.

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    Great pose, tones, details and killer BG. Canon wishes they made the D500... TFS

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    Quote Originally Posted by David Roach View Post
    Great pose, tones, details and killer BG. Canon wishes they made the D500... TFS
    Thanks David - I had just put in my order for the Canon R5 - making the move to mirrorless soon as it arrives.

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    Hi Vaughn .... a real cracker !!
    And for sure a competitor for the " Flying Duckman " ....
    Great work outdoors and very well processed , for me your best so far in terms of processing

    Cool lets get more to see on that technical level ....

    TFS Andreas

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    Thanks Paul - Have the Canon on my mind as I just put in my order, this is the ol Nikon .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vaughn Larsen View Post
    Thanks David - I had just put in my order for the Canon R5 - making the move to mirrorless soon as it arrives.
    You will not be disappointed(with either Sony or Canon) from all the research I've done online. Not to mention experience with the baby 1dX MKIII (R6). You're gonna love it.

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    This is really nice, Vaughn! Bird's body is razor sharp, and I really like the detail on the orange feet and the water droplets on the vent. Bird really cracks on that pink BG as well.

    I would add more room at left if you have it. Would give him more room to fly into! A really nice result!

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    Pretty darn sharp, good wing positions, and I love those feet tucked in tightly under the tail. A few blotches in lower left part of the frame could be smoothed out as they pull the eye there, but a strong image of this fast flyer!

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    Excellent detail, nice light and exposure. Yes to a bit more room on the left. If mine I would smooth out the background a bit, but some are opposed to doing that.

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    Vaughn, congratulations! You've been nailing some great frames lately and this is no exception.

    Stunning detail, great bkg and really nice downward wing pose.

    You might consider cloning out the lower catchlight. Otherwise, just gonna enjoy this one!

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