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    Default Spoonbill

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    From my April trip to Gatorland. This bird was sitting in a tree preening, but as he concluded, I prepared for takeoff.

    ISO 800, f4, 1/4000
    Canon mk3, 500 f4 + tripod

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    Very good pose, angle and sharpness. I would only lighten the areas on the underside of the bird that are not sunlit.

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    Thanks, Axel. How would you do that? I want to try it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grace Scalzo View Post
    Thanks, Axel. How would you do that? I want to try it.
    I would do it in Viveza by selecting some control points to even out the lighting a bit. Alternatively, you could just select the dark parts and increase the midtones to 1.1 or so.

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    Grace, Beautiful pose and sharpness. Agree w/ lightening the underside a touch and maybe lighten the BG just a tiny bit. Looks like you guys did well in Florida. Wish I was staying and could have met up with you. Excellent underwing details.:)

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    Beautiful capture Grace with lovely flight pose , sharpness and detail. Fine work and glad you enjoyed your trip. Let me know where you end up going as I would love to meet one day. Thanks for sharing.

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    Beautiful Shot! I really like the angle of capture Grace nice wing position and excellent detail. Great suggestions to improve this already wonderful image.:)

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    beautiful colors and pose on this spoon. Agree with earlier comments.

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    Deborah Hanson
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    Agree with above that this is a well done image.
    Love the colors, the angle of the neck, and detail of feathers on the neck. The wings are in a great position and show off the sheerness of the feathers.
    Also agree that a little lightening on the underside would be good.

    Many comments but wanted to add mine so that you would know that I liked the photo very much.
    Beautiful bird. Never seen one in person.
    Deb

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