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    I have a location the past several years that affords you flight shots on their level coming and leaving the nest.

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    What a great spot! A nice image but really 1-dimensional to my eye. A bit of cross lighting would help to show some depth if you get the opportunity again. Also, a bit of extra light would allow higher f-stop to get all of the bird in focus.

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    Hi Mike,
    Great eye contact and wing position.
    Congratulations!

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    Loverly image. This one needs some CW rotation. (Note the position of the two eyes.) Where is your spot? Is it accessible only by boat?
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    Agree with AM on the rotation requirement.

    I like the head on approach.

    Subject looks a bit understaurated?

    I might try and blur the background a tad more OR clone oput the tree?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Driscoll View Post
    What a great spot! A nice image but really 1-dimensional to my eye. A bit of cross lighting would help to show some depth if you get the opportunity again. Also, a bit of extra light would allow higher f-stop to get all of the bird in focus.
    Absolutely very little light and light rain hence the higher ISO. I have better but usually keep my best stuff close to my vest ;).

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    Nice capture Mike...you did well for todays conditions!

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    Nice wing position and lucky spot to have these eye level shots. TFS.

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    Superb capture Randy, this has a lot of impact.
    Like the feather detail and colour.

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    Fantastic shot with the EYES staring at u...

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    What a great shot. Minor tweaks like those mentioned would make this an excellent shot. See if you can try to get rid of the tree in the BG ;)

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    Mike, looks like he's building a log cabin with that nesting material. Great symmetrical head on posture, and agree a slight CW rotation is needed.

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    Thank you folks for your observations and suggestions. I implemented some of them but not sure if I went overboard on blurring the background. Kept the grayish tree as I don't like removing objects.

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    Server was slow to respond. I guess I was a bone head and ended up with a duplicate reply :confused:. Please delete.
    Last edited by Mike Tracy; 04-19-2010 at 06:50 PM.

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    Loved the pose and BG bhai, yeah the blurr looks a bit overdone...I prefer the op with the CW correction...

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    Wonderful shot Mike--glad you found yourself a opportune shooting situation such as this. Work it and work it hard, this head on look should produce some awesome stuff--and not often have I seen osprey eye level like this. Look forward to more!

    Paul

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