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    Here's a tight shot of a good looking specimen of a Brown Pelican in flight. I clipped one of the wings so I thought I'd bring it in tight. Do you think this works as presented? Thanks for the input! I had my camera set up for a different subject when this Pelican flew by; the RAW file is a little underexposed.



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    The comp works for me, Doug. You might consider cropping even more from the left. Nice light and background. You might also try a bit more sharpening around the eye.

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    The crop works for me, the eye contact makes it interesting. Maybe a bit NR on the sky.

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    Works great to me, Love the light, eye contact, detail and colors, but IMO in the back of the head, there's some noise (not a lot ) probably noticeable due to the crop. Congratulaitons! I love it!

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    Revision:
    1. More sharpening to the eye
    2. NR to the white feathers on the head
    3. Additional NR on the BG

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    I'm glad I'm coming late to see this image!

    Because of the ''critiquing business'' but you know pretty well, that that's the only way we can learn. You can see ''things'' in my pictures that I don't, I can see ''things'' in your pictures that you don't. As Arthur mentioned yesterday, ''It's good to have several sets of eyes around.''

    Ok, too much bla bla bla. I like your image. The compo does work for me and I find the repost even better than the origanal, why? because you atended all the suggestions.

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    I love the presentation Doug the crop works for me nicely presented...:)

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