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    What a gorgeous bird. Love the background and the perch.
    I wish for a tad more head turn. It could well be my monitor, but it looks like the bird could use some sharpening. I would crop some from the left.
    Thanks for sharing!

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    Ditto the above comments. Beautiful BG and I agree with cropping a bit from the right and left. I would also suggest a round of NR. Wonderful species and many thanks for sharing behzad.

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    Nice shot behzad, I agree with above comments, also I would suggest add a little more contras.
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    Great pose and perch, I like that the bird is looking upwards. Very good detail. Need some NR on the BG.
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    Looking good, love the details and BG, nice perch. wish the head was parallel to camera. focus appears to be on the chest area .
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    The CYANs and BLUEs on the breast are incredibly beautiful, as is the bird. As for the photo, the head turned away pretty much ruins it.... Killer BKGR too. Do you have any with a good head angle???
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    Thanks everyone for your comments and advices , Mr Morris this shot has better head angle than previous one .As the other mentioned ,I crop little tighter ,add some contrast and did NR on BG . Hope it works better .

    Last edited by Behzad Farahanchi; 05-25-2010 at 03:49 AM.

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    This one is much better than the original, I would add a bit more contrast and selectively sharpen the feathers in the head area.
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    Thanks Arash , I have 200-300 shots of this bird in many situations , cloudy sky , shiny sky , direct light and etc . In all of them the head feathers seems doesn't have enough sharpness . I think the kind and texture of head feathers has differ from the other parts like chest and wings .head's feathers are more like soft fur .

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    Behzad, What you need to do is to learn to watch the head angle as you are photographing. Having 300 images of a bird when it is looking away will not win you any prizes. Just be being aware of what a proper head angle is--see the various threads in Educational Resources--you will make better images.
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