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    Kea photographed in mountains near Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand. These large alpine parrots are very tame and often perch on parked cars. It was a minor challenge finding one on a natural looking perch.

    Canon 40D, EF 70-200mm f/4 @ 160mm, handheld, evaluative, ISO 320, f/5, 1/250, full frame.

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    What an image, congrats, I love all the feather details and rich colors. I like how the BG and subject tones match. Well done, I like it very much.

    These guys are famous or infamous for eating cars.....well the rubber bits at least.

    If this were my image I would tone down some of the areas on the top of the stone perch and maybe get rid of the small dark patch in the URC.

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    Thought I could bring the image up somewhat. Took it into PS and played with Shad/Hglts. I fine tuned with levels and took some areas out of the backround.
    I added a small bit of saturation and came up with this.
    The subject is very interesting and I thought you handled the composition well.

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    Nice image, Simon. Good use of DOF to cover the bird while still rendering a nicely blurred BG. The feather textures are lovely. Compositionally I would prefer a little more room above and in front which would have required backing off the zoom a little. I would have used a little fill flash at capture time to open up some of the darker areas and brighten the feathers to achieve a similar look to the repost. Good job getting it on a natural perch - they can be a challenge in the well frequented areas sometimes.
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    I'm with Tony on the use of fill. Otherwise it's a great image. The feather detail is awsome.

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    Great details and eye contact. Aside from lightening it a bit, I wish for a lower angle and a wider crop.

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    Hi Simon
    Really like the natural colours, composition and bokeh.
    A fine image.
    Cheers: Ian Mc

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