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    I captured this image along Blackpoint Wildlife Drive in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. This bird is a rarity for Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.Nikon D500Nikon 500mm PF+ Nikon 1.4 III Teleconverter, handheld sitting on top of back with elbows braced on knees1/1000 F/8 Matrix Metering EV +2/3 ISO 2500 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 700mm (1050mm 35mm Equivalent)Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and TopazCropped for composition and presentation
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    Hi Joe, I see where you were going on this, but for me, I think just going for the male might have been better, especially if this is a rare sighting. The female just draws my eye unfortunately and the male a little lost. Perhaps you do have the single male in other frames?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Kaluski View Post
    Hi Joe, I see where you were going on this, but for me, I think just going for the male might have been better, especially if this is a rare sighting. The female just draws my eye unfortunately and the male a little lost. Perhaps you do have the single male in other frames?

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    Hi Steve, thank you for viewing and commenting. Sure I have other images, here is one. Not the best day for photography, overcast and rain. I just didn't want to crop the posted image severely so I left the female ducks out of focus.
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    Hi Joe, personally I feel this is better, but lets see what others think. The rain adds atmosphere, but I would remove the streak on the head. Not sure what is causing the more 'grainy' areas within the more smoother areas of water. Adding a Graduate filter from bottom to just over the body of the duck helps to add a little more depth as you darken the exposure. You can then add other adjustments within that adjustment ie Dehaze, Clarity etc...

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    Hi Joe, I like the second image much better. The rain drops add a lot. A second look at your sharpening process may be worthwhile. I have noticed that Topaz sometimes tends to add sharpening to objects in the background.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharif Uddin View Post
    Hi Joe, I like the second image much better. The rain drops add a lot. A second look at your sharpening process may be worthwhile. I have noticed that Topaz sometimes tends to add sharpening to objects in the background.
    Hi Sharif, thank you for viewing and commenting. You are correct regarding Topaz. Normally if there are objects in the image that I do not want sharpened I will mask the subject. I may have forgotten to do that so I will take a second look. I am more used to using Lightroom for sharpening and masking using a slider to control what is sharpened. Thanks for the suggestion, Sharif.
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    It's a first for me Jo I haven't seen one of these birds previously, i appreciate what you did in the first image but I also agree the female does draw attention form the male. The second image looks good but for me he appears a little small in the frame.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonathan Ashton View Post
    It's a first for me Jo I haven't seen one of these birds previously, i appreciate what you did in the first image but I also agree the female does draw attention form the male. The second image looks good but for me he appears a little small in the frame.
    Hi Jon, thank you for viewing and commenting. Regarding the second image I didn't think I could crop it tighter and still maintain image quality. The bird was a on the opposite side of a little pond, even with the teleconverter at 1050mm it was small in the frame.
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    Yeah, I have to agree about the females being distracting; with our attention split across the frame, it's unclear what the shot is 'of'. That said, I think your intuition about not copping too much was correct. The details just don't stand up when you isolate the male. It's a bummer because the raindrops create a really nice effect.

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    Hi Joe ... good to see a rare species , at least for me .
    I do like the rainy atmosphere . Concentrating on the male would be your best bet ... but IQ would suffer somehow , regardless which route you are going .

    Fancy things going on in the water in your RP , not only signs of Topaz .

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