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    Hi all, after a few bussy days I am back, this time a with a preety regular species, this is one a a coulpe that have their nest at home, I hope I can get soon nice feeding images :D Mean time... here's portrait taken today with the afteroon light. Hope you like it. Enjoy.

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    1/250Seg.
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    +2/3
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    300mm f4 + TC1.4
    MarkII
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    Full Frame
    Last edited by Ramon M. Casares; 09-26-2009 at 02:03 AM.

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    Lovely light and background:-) I would prefer slightly less space at the bottom?

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    lovely lighting , killer BG and crisp details
    agreed with Chris on crop suggation
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    Wonderful portrait Ramon. Good head angle and eye contact. Like the crop suggestion.

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    I know is tight, but being a full frame I didin't really felt the need to go any further with the PP, I am happy as it is :), my way of thinking lately is "Not because it can be retouched it means that I should." :p

    Ps: IMO a crop from the bottom would leave the wing far too close to the edge and that would increase the feeling of tightness, what do you think?

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    pin sharp in great light Ramon. love that BG. another vote for some off the bottom...
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    Hi Ramon, beautiful light and background. Great exposure and sharpness. Thanks for sharing.

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    I like the head angle, light and BG. Another vote for a crop off the bottom and I would tone down the whites a little bit more.

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    Ramon, I agree with you a crop from the bottom would put the wing too close to the edge of the frame. Beautiful BG, HA, light and details.

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    I don't know amigo. I love the sharpness, detail and BG. I am in two minds about the crop though. There's too much bird for me and too centered but no matter how I tried cropping, the way I'd like best cropped a lot out. I think it's the mind being conditioned to a particular way of seeing an image, that's all. Cannot wait to see more of these guys. :)

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    Hi all, thanks for your comments, here's a cropped version, please let me know what you think, to avoid leaving the wing too close to the edge I simply cropped even more, from bottom and from right... any thoughts or suggestion are welcome :)

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    Lovely protrait, good head-turn and plumage detail. Very nice bird.

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    repost looks better IMHO
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