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    Seemed as if this pair was checking out this spot for a nest site. image from early April on a morning when the fog rolled in off the ocean , thus the flat light.

    800ISO F5.6 at 1/3200th
    Cropped for comp and added a little canvas on right side.

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    Joe -
    Nicely done.To be perfect, some might want identical head angles and less dead grass in LRC
    Unless it was intentional, if you check the histogram, there's a noticeable color cast
    Above is a repost correcting the color cast

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    Joe, my favourate marine bird, and to have two, what a bonus. The light looks fine, and you have exposed the OC's very well. For a beach, Im just not too keen on the grasses.
    Last edited by Stu Bowie; 04-25-2010 at 09:15 AM.

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    Joe:

    Lots of options here. I agree about the color cast. The fog itself should not have given quite the yellow cast. Do you remember what time of day it was taken.

    I think Peter's version is more color neutral. I couldn't resist taking a look at it myself, and used the gray dropper in curves on the sand, then backed off the opacity to 75%. Only you can say for sure, but I thought the birds looked pretty accurate with this setting, and the sky was a bit more interesting.

    Just some options to play with.

    Randy

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    Thanks for the suggestions. The time was early am and I guess the cast was a combination of early light and the fog. I left it that way as it was closer to how I saw it. The BG was sand behind the birds and not the sky. I guess it comes down to a matter of taste. Both re-works look good but I like the original the best.:)

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    Joe:

    Thanks for the extra info. You got to go with what you remember/like, although there certainly is no reason you can't have several versions of one image!

    Cheers

    Randy

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    very very nice: good job!!

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    Joe, Great to get both together w/ nice details. I prefer the original post also.

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    Nice image. Love to see some habitat. I hope they will successfully breed.

    Szimi

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