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    Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa
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    Default The Figaro

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    Shooting Date 16.1.2007, 14:45

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    Canon 1D Mark II N
    Canon 500mm f/4L IS USM
    Shutter priority (to prevent motion blur) 1/320 sec
    f/7.1, ISO 400

    The great tit is photographed almost from minimum foc.dist. of 5 meters. This is why the tail is a bit out of focus.

    Post process: (from JPEG); some clone outs; levels; S/H to lighten the black neck and the head with the eye field, too; Unsharp mask with about 400/0.2/2 levels (I am not that shure of the exact values); a slight Unsharp mask in a diff. layer of the parallel feathers of the wing, which hardly bear the bigger total value of the UM. Finally a 10% saturation. That’s all :)
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    Beautiful BG, it looks like a painting, if you have more room on the original image I'd think about adding some space behind and on top of the bird.

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    Axel Hildebrandt
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    I like the pose and light and agree with Mike regarding more space. In the lower left the BG looks as if there are clone marks.

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    Maxis Gamez
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    Gorgeous light, exposure, details and colors. The pose is also very pleasing. You have a winner here!

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    joel quenneville
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    Great image. I disagree about adding the space because centering the subject would weaken this strong composition. I would lighten the blacks a tiny bit though.

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    Nikolay Staykov - shotlandetsa
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    Axel, I've probably deal well with the clone marks since they are ot the right bellow the tale only :) - there was a blind white spot there - probably a piece of garbage left by someone. The BG is natural, no painted plate used here. Thanks.

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    Great details!!!

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    I don't mind the tail being oof.
    Wonderful image with pleasing colours and BG

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