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    Paul Marcellini
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    I wanted some great close-up of these guys but they are more skittish than I had thought. Ironically, the Flamingos I encountered in the Everglades that are so rare to see were very calm with me. Here, at Lake Nakuru there can be up to 1.5 million and they are constantly moving away form you.

    This is a courting dance of apparently all males.

    5d2, 500 f4, 1.4x
    ISO: 800
    Aperture: 5.6
    Shutter: 1/1250
    Exp. Comp.: +0.3

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    Again one more beautiful picture from you. A good habitat show.
    Although I would like to keep a little more of the canvas to the left.

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    Beautiful shot. Their "reunion" is what makes the pic. Maybe a slightly wider aperture would bring more attention to the birds in the foreground?

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    Love the comp, and colors. The birds in the BG add a sense of habitat.

    Well done!

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    Octavio: f/5.6 is the widest you can go with a 500 f/4 and a 1.4 tc.

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    Paul:

    A lovely image, and I like the back story as well.

    I was a bit bothered by the brightness of the image, and tried to tone down the reflections in the water a bit.
    For me it makes the birds pop a bit more, but I certainly will defer to your sense of aesthetics, and memory of the scene.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Randy

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    Hi Paul: After comparing your picture and the repost by Randy, I do have to say the birds pop a bit more in the repost. I would remove the piece of the bird in the upper right of the frame. You have a real eye-catching photograph here. What a wonderful story this picture tells.
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    Thanks guys,

    Randy I do like yours better. I already did a highlight multiply once so it already looked better but now being more distant from capture and memory, yours takes the cake.

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    Lovely light, colours and interaction. The reason they're so skittish is that there are things that chase and eat them there:D
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    I like the composition, behavior and details. Randy's repost looks even better on my monitor.

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    I like this. You spotted it well. Great stuff. Randy did well

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    I love it Paul. I cannot but wonder how good this image would be with a lower angle... but I am sure that you did your best to get the better available shooting angle. Love the softness of light and all thos eye contacts and, of course, the crowd of legs :-)

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