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    James Boland
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    I caught this Cattle Egret on a fly-by of the boardwalk at Gatorland late Saturday afternoon.

    Model: Canon EOS 50D
    Lens (mm): Canon 70-200 at 183
    ISO: 400
    Aperture: 6.3
    Shutter: 1/800
    Program: Manual

    Noise reduction via Noiseware Pro. I applied Darken/lighten Center and Tonal Contrast filters from Nik S/W Color Efex Pro. Some cropping. The photo is about 80% original size.

    Comments appreciated.

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    I like the white bird against the very dark BKGR with a good EXP. And the head turned back toward you makes the image. The face could stand a bit of sharpening.
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    Sharpened the bird and then the head again a bit more. Lightened the mid-tones. :)
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    I really like the shot, the repost looks better. The wings look gorgeous.

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    sweet BG and great exposure, the repost is much better in terms of sharpness just a bit of motion blur left in the feet. well done, TFS
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    Very nice image, Jim, the repost improves it. If this were mine, I'd darken the green parts of the BG so they don't stand out so much from the black.

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    Excellent image Jim !! .. did very well with exposure going to manual Just perfect ! Re post looks great !!

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    Thanks to all. I take your comments and apply to the source image. Thanks for showing the way.

    Jim

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    wonderful contrast and pose - Artie's repost has added the adjustments I would make as well
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