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    Ken Watkins
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    Taken in my back garden, Greyton, South Africa, 28th April 2008

    I really do not like the BG, but it was too dificult for me to get rid of it. Bad light as well posted for interest and suggestions.

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    Hello Ken, what a gorgeous bird to have access to. Those eyes are pretty bold and seem to have good strength and draw. I agree about the BG. it is busy and cluttered. However I worked this image into a vertical crop, with the bird biased to the left, cropped some off the top and let the natural rise of the triangular sticks bring draw to the birds head. I think it is a possibility, I will be curious of how others see it too.

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    Wow, what an interesting little bird. Too bad about the busy BG but the bird is very strong, with those beady yellow eyes staring you down. A vertical crop might help eliminate some of the distracting BG.

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    Thanks for these suggestions, I have cropped to vertical and blurred the BG a little more. It is still cluttered but a lot better, thanks a lot.
    We do not see these on a regular basis.
    Last edited by Ken Watkins; 01-08-2010 at 01:19 AM.

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    Ken, Like the almost cross-eyed stare he gave you! Also like the triangular frame the bg branches form round him. The rest of the bg might be improved by dulling it down & some blurring, I think, but that is personal. Well captured; I spent some time watching chinspot batises recently and they are forever flitting about.

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