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    Taken in Skukuza rest camp in the Kruger National Park.

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    Beautiful color and detail here Elmar, nice and sharp too with diagonal flower stem framing the image nicely.
    I see a touch of sharpening halo on the bill & head.


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    Fantastic pose, perch and bird. Really nice head turn and eye contact and very, very sharp. I like the soft light a lot. The out of focus yellow area in the Bg overlaping with the bird and the floer doesn´t helps to isolate the bird from the BG. Regarding composition, I think that I would crop a bit from the top but I think that you didn´t crop to keep the orange tip of the flower at the upper right corner into the frame.
    Sweeeet species by the way :-)

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    This one made me stop and look and look and look...... What a beautiful bird and captured so nicely. Great perch and background. Normally the brighter yellow in the background would bother me, but for this image I think it works because it makes the head and beak stand out so well.

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    Super colours and well captured iridescence. Agree with Juan on cropping. I can appreciate wanting to keep the tip of the flower spray but think the bird becomes a better focal point by cropping down from above - you can get a good preview by just scrolling the image up slightly in the browser window.
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    Thank you very much for the feedback. I changed the crop and also addressed the halo.

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    Much better comp in the repost (good job on the halo too)! I was gonna suggest a slight crop at right too...but you've done that here :-) Great looking bird, and it offered you a perfect HA. Beautiful iridescence!

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    Great colours & detail captured. Prefer the original crop....minus the halo.

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    A little jewel of a bird ,nice work on the repost

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    Good job on the repost, Elmar.
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    The repost looks much better :)

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    Killer bird, colors, head angle, setting and repost. The bird is so, so sharp. The repost: a little bit of this and a little bit of that if your personal ethics allow.
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    Spectacular species, lovely HA, sharpness and details
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    Lovely bird, this one reminds me of a hummingbird and a warbler. Love the iridescence and environment around the bird.

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    Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. Artie, thanks for the repost - a question of small things making a big difference.

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    Gorgeous bird and image, congrats!

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