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    I captured this image a couple years ago in Cape Coral, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

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    Ah what a cool image! I love the low perspective and the OOF head peering out of the background, lends an almost comical atmosphere to the scene. Technically I have no nits, the OOF grass stems in front of the subject is not ideal but no big deal for me.

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    That bird is perfectly exposed and super sharp, so well done on those fronts. The surrounding colors are really pretty, but I think the foliage is just too busy. The other issue is that you have a very bright catchlight in the secondary subject and none in the primary; that makes for confusion as our attention is split.

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    I actually had a little chuckle when I first spotted the subject on the right. I really like ethics frame. I understand Dorians comment about the catchlight on the right, but not much you could have done about it. I think the subject on the left still looks great. Nicely seen Joe!

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    Hi Joe a neat shot and the one looking from the lower point is a cool addition .
    Overall it looks nice , the subject just looks a bit lost in all the shrub .
    I would try to selectively darken the FG to make the subject stand out more , just athought .

    Nice one and TFS Andreas

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