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    Rob Drummond
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    The males loudly advertise their presence from a perch or while in display flight

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    Nice comp, exposure and focus. My only nit is has too much space on the right, but a pleasing image.

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    Hi Rob,
    Extremely nice, the perch and singing pose are beautiful. I would also suggest to take a smidge of the right....Very nicely done!

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    Great pose, perch, angle and BG. I would apply some NR on the BG and crop a little bit off the left and a bit more right so the bird does not get too centered. Keep them coming.

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    Rob, This is a great image. I am not sure how easy it is to shoot this (wher ever you have photographed it - location details would help). I spent more than 5 hrs behind this bird to get one decent shot of it...they are extremely shy birds here in South India and always in the undergrowth. I like the extra space around the bird. Excellent details, bg, perch and the open bill is a bonus.

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    I think it looks great as is. Great singing pose, and a nice perch too. It could look good as a vertical too with more of the perch showing.

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    Lovely BG and a neat little bird.. Excellent that you captured him singing. I might like this in a vertical but the horizontal works well.

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    This is pretty nice just as is.

    I like the singing, open beak and the oof BG. All the colors go together really well. If I had to change on thing, I'd ditch the bare stick just behind the perch, but I had to try pretty hard to come up with that.

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    Excellent! I love the pose and BG. I agree you could take a bit off the left.

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    Great pose, perch , background, light, action - another vote for a little off the left. These little guys are challenging due to habitat and speed in my experience.
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    Judy Lynn Malloch
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    Really love this image and like it as is but cropping suggestions would even make it stronger. Love the singing pose and that's what makes it for me. !!

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    a fantastic shot !!! There's so much space, so I would have loved to see more of the perch or even a vertical :)

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    Glenn Ehmke
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    Great shot,

    I can certainly attest to these birds being difficult to photograph. That pose is really nice!

    Looks like that plant may be a bit of a fav. in Aus. I got this one on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria a few months ago.

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