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    Marietjie Oosthuizen
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    Default Pink-backed pelican

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    Flash comp -1/3

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    Quite stunning. I do believe that connecting the eye of the bird with the eye of the reflection would reveal the need for some CW rotation. (Could it be an illusion???) If it were mine I would eliminate the white specks unless it was being entered in a contest that prohibited such.
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    Very cool image. I like the serene mood, soft light, sharpness and of course the reflection. I agree with Artie and checked in PS and it needs about 1.8 degrees CW rotation. I used the ruler tool to draw a line from the catchlight to the catchlight in the reflection and checked rotation > arbitrary.

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    Very nice reflection and details This would have worked also as a vertical, congratulations.

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    Brilliant details in the feathers, the real ones and the reflection. I'd like this will less of a crop as well.

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    Well done on this one. Even in the thumbnail you can see the perfect reflection and want to see it bigger. Agree with the rotation and maybe cleaning up the water. Is it rain drops?

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    I love this image! Really like how the bill touches its reflection.
    Agree with the rotation, and I too think that a vertical orientation might work well here.

    The exposure looks simply superb to me here.
    Being a newbie, I would love to understand how you arrived at Exp comp +1/3, Flash comp -1/3.
    Thanks for sharing

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    Fantastic image. Great details and wonderful exposure. Very nice comp too.

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    excellent image for all reasons said above,
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    Thanks for the comments guys! Yes, you are right, I didnt even notice it was skew (late at night...:-) the white specs are not raindrops, I think its just pieces of down and dust that became more obvious after sharpening. Should have noticed that as well :o

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