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[Lance Peters]

Finally some co-operative subjects and some spare time.

D3
Sigmonster @800mm on Gitzo Tripod
F5.6
1/1000 th
+1.0EV
200 ISO

Light wasn't the best.

Comments welcome as always.

:)

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lance,
I like the composition, and capture, you have sharp details and the baby blue sky makes it rock...:D My suggestion would be to crop the perch just a tad from the bottom and tone down the bright areas in the feathers...good show...:cool:

[denise ippolito]

Hi Lance agree w/ Gus. Nice shot!

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Lance a bird that ugly should be in a cluttered bg :D:cool:

Do check your histogram since there should be something blinking at you !!! Love the pose and open mouth !!! Excellent image !!

[Cheryl Flory]

everything covered, Lance. Great shot of this bird. Very nice job of getting blacks and whites exposed so well.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like it Lance as originally posted. I checked your whites and got a 252. Maybe a linear burn would tone them down a bit. I find when I compress files and sharpen it seems to make the white values higher and higher.
Anyways the pic made me smile. Glad you have a bit more time to shoot!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great capture Lance. Love the background. Do agree with Gus regarding taking a little of the bottom.
Regards,

[Lance Peters]

Hi - Yes whites are not actually over in the original - no blinkies on this one - does top out at 252 .
thanks for the comments as always :)

[Harold Davis]

that is one ugly bird!!! tie a pork chop around his neck to get him some friends!! glad you got some time to get out and snap a few. we both have been a little scarce lately. hoping to get back in some myself!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Lance,
I like it as presented too - great shot!!
Regards,
Nicki