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    Hello, practicing with perches.

    50D, 500mm, iso 500, f/9, 1/640.

    All comments appreciated!

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    Bird and perch killer. Shame on your for almost clipping the bottom leaves... Added canvas bottom, crown and bill clean-up, a bit of eye doctor, and lighten the whole thing. Also a 10% blue Photo Filter to soften the yellow a bit.

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    Loved the image so much that I spent more than 10 minutes on it. Love the BKGR....
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    Subject, pose, perch and bkg are all great. Arties re post kicks it up a notch. Well done. TFS
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Loved the image so much that I spent more than 10 minutes on it. Love the BKGR....
    Thanks Artie appreciate your time and comments! Your repost certainly does look better. So my general idea was good but apparently I need to spend more time in the post processing department. Thanks again for your time and the repost. Have a great one!

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    Wonderful shot with great bird and BG. Artie's repost is awesome!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary Esman View Post
    Thanks Artie appreciate your time and comments! Your repost certainly does look better. So my general idea was good but apparently I need to spend more time in the post processing department. Thanks again for your time and the repost. Have a great one!
    Hi Gary, YAW. Not really.... Better framing in the field (leaving a bit more room as a border around the lower leaves) would have allowed me to improve this one in less than a minute. Also, exposing to the right would have helped. Last tip: make sure that you can differentiate between the last two black and the last two white boxes on the calibration strip on the bottom of each BPN page when you set your mid-tone slider :)

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    Gary, Beautiful pose, details and perch. Artie's repost really adds to this well done image.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Todd Frost View Post
    Subject, pose, perch and bkg are all great. Arties re post kicks it up a notch. Well done. TFS
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    Thanks Todd appreciate your time!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Markus Jais View Post
    Wonderful shot with great bird and BG. Artie's repost is awesome!

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    Thanks Markus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by denise ippolito View Post
    Gary, Beautiful pose, details and perch. Artie's repost really adds to this well done image.
    Thank you Denise appreciate that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Morris View Post
    Hi Gary, YAW. Not really.... Better framing in the field (leaving a bit more room as a border around the lower leaves) would have allowed me to improve this one in less than a minute. Also, exposing to the right would have helped. Last tip: make sure that you can differentiate between the last two black and the last two white boxes on the calibration strip on the bottom of each BPN page when you set your mid-tone slider :)

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    Thanks Artie! Lots to learn but a ton of fun! Make it a great weekend!

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    The bird's correct name is American Goldfinch :)
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    One amazing image and Guruji's repost took this over the top,
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