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    This juvenile sat in the half light for far too long but a lone car finally turned up on this bush road about 3 minute too early for the sun to appear but pushed it off this old dead Gium tree . These birds are not rare but in the southern parts of this country recently beset by drought but now relieved , have taken a couple of years to come back. I am about a stop under exposed but I like keep high the shutter speed on these birds .So I hope it gets a pass.


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    200/600 lens
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    407mm should have been 600mm
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    40% crop
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    C&C very welcome

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    Fantastic pose and head on stare. With that many pixels the crop holds up well for my eyes. The chosen framing works great as well. TFS

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    Hi Ian ... really cool POV and well timed fly off pose .
    Here on my screen the IQ has somewhat suffered.... plumage does look soft

    TFS Andreas

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    Great pose. Those eyes suck us right in! I think the detail has held up pretty well, but I'm curious if you can crop in tighter without it falling apart. Right now there is a ton of empty space left an above. If the sky had some nice clouds, the wide crop might work, but the composition feels quite haphazard as presented.

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    Thanks Andreas .De noise which I think I used softens them a bit if you are slightly under-ex p . Dorian one day I will get he clouds and the light but in the summer down here you have be lucky. This is the first youngster I have got close to so Im hoping she'll stick around .Serves me right for
    living in the driest state in the driest country on earth. Many a cloudless day.

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    Another option to explore would be to add back at right (if you have it), and crop at left. Great-looking bird with a super nice pose and appealing down-the-barrel stare. Yes to some apparent softness, but very engaging image nonetheless.

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