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    Default Ruddy Turnstone

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    Canon 1DX Mk2
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    This is one from the rocks on the shore in my hometown, the BG is a crashing wave....ACR and PS 2021.

    Will

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    Will, a very regal pose he gave you. The seaweed and such on the perch is interesting for sure. I like the effect of the wave in the bkg.

    Though the sun seems up a bit you handled it pretty well. Were there any atmospheric shimmers going on? The details in the head seem just a bit muddled for some reason, may just be me.

    Otherwise, I'd personally trade a little off the bottom (would help reduce the severely oof lower left corner) for some above if you have it.

    Cool frame sir!

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    Techs look great to me and the bird looks incredibly sharp. Yes to the regal pose. And yes to some off the bottom.

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    Looks good, composition and colours spot on, for some reason I have reservations over the head - strange, the bill looks sharp yet the eye and the cheek a little less so.
    Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 09-12-2021 at 08:39 AM.

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    Love the seaweed covered rock and the pose is nice. I can see another version with a sliver off the bottom and left, but those are small slivers IMO. Looks sharp to my eye

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    Beautiful pose and colors. The wave in the background is very pleasing to my eye. Yes a little off the the lower left.
    Robert Kimbrell



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