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    I captured this image at a rookery in north Tampa. I have posted a similar image previously with a different background but almost the same pose of the bird. This image I found waiting to be processed today and worked it up this morning. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Post processed in Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2022 and Topaz Denoise AI
    Cropped for composition and presentation
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    This is sweet Joe. Nice all around love the wing position and details. Great light and background. TFS

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    Just about ideal, the colours and details are excellent, sharp from bill to toe, a pleasing pose and gentle light.

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    Hi Joe ,
    very good flight shot . pose , color and tones looking very good . and no halo ...

    just the bg does look a little fake ...imho .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Andreas Liedmann View Post
    Hi Joe ,
    very good flight shot . pose , color and tones looking very good . and no halo ...

    just the bg does look a little fake ...imho .

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    Hi Andreas, here is a post of the image without anything done to the background. Using the new masking tools in Lightroom/ACR I have been trying to get more separation of the subject from the background, always a problem in a two dimensional image. What I have been doing/experimenting with is masking the subject then inverting the mask so the background is masked, then lowering the exposure by a small amount (0.30) so the background is slightly darker than the subject. On the original posted image I also reduced the clarity of the background by -25 to smooth out some of the tones. Double processing the image once for the subject and once for the background. Here is the repost without any work done to the background.
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    thx Joe ... I would prefer the rp
    I think there is more than enough separation I might even darken the bg by 1/2 a stop

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    Very nice image Joe! I also like the RP BG better and agree with Andreas that the BG has enough separation already. Still nicely done!

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    Thanks everyone for viewing and commenting. Your advise and suggestions are well taken, that being said I get bored doing the same thing over and over so always trying something new. Some times it works other times not so. Thanks again everyone for your opinions and suggestions...
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    Very appealing image here, with a perfect downstroke wing position. A slight advantage to the repost as I agree the BG was fine to begin with. I do wish the heron was a wee bit smaller in the frame, with more room all around and especially more to our left...but still a great view of this beautiful subject.

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