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    This Pygmy Falcon image was created in Samburu, Kenya on a totally overcast and very hot day. Hope you like my image. Thanks for looking. C and C welcomed, I'm here to learn. - John

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    Nice pose. I might be tempted to pull a gradient in from the upper right to match the upper left. Maybe a little more sharpening.
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    Nice to see another African species:-) I think you did well under the less than perfect light conditions. I would suggest some selective saturation of the sky to get more blue coming through

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    Chris nailed this one. Love the eye contact and the head turned pose. Good facial expression captured too. Nothing to add but keep posting. And those thorns! Ouch!

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    Great eye contact, and nits covered.

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    Hi John..Beautiful subject you captured! Thought I would play with it a bit and did these changes rather quickly. I added a graduated blue to even out the sky. Brought the bird up a bit in S/H and added a small bit of saturation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DMills View Post
    Hi John..Beautiful subject you captured! Thought I would play with it a bit and did these changes rather quickly. I added a graduated blue to even out the sky. Brought the bird up a bit in S/H and added a small bit of saturation.
    Hi David, Thanks, it's a great improvement and much appreciated. - John Sorry for the slow response, it's been the day from ****, so I'm a bit behind. - John

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