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  1. 10-16-2009, 11:48 PM #1
    Harshad Barve
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    Dear all
    This image of pond heron in breeding plumage created with D300, 600mm + 1.7x , ISO 200, tripod
    Cropped vertical for compo, NR and 0.5 gaussian blur on BG

    All C & C are most welcome and much appreciated
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  2. 10-17-2009, 12:30 AM #2
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    Harshad, super comp, good pose and HA, and the heron pops so well from the BG. Nice and sharp too.
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  3. 10-17-2009, 05:28 AM #3
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    Ditto Stu Harshadbhai. Nice comp, pose and light and the heron pops nicely from the bg.
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    Sharp and super detail and colours
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  5. 10-17-2009, 09:26 AM #5
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    Wonderful detail in this beautiful portrait
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  6. 10-17-2009, 10:44 AM #6
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    You've done a great job with exposure, detail and sharpness here. Nice crop. I only wish the BG were a little less busy.
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  7. 10-17-2009, 02:18 PM #7
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    Sharp. EXP and COMP perfect. I love how you have brought the neck in from the corner. The BKGR could be improved with a soft Clone Stamp at about 60% and the BKGR Gaussian Blur technique; I think that you can find them here http://www.birdsasart.com/bn294.htm; then scroll down to the Swallow-tailed Gull images.
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  8. 10-17-2009, 09:48 PM #8
    Ilija Dukovski
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    Great plumage detail, I love the eye. Nice colors on the bill.
    Agree about BG, in head portraits it is better to have more uniform BG.
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