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    D90 70-300@250 1/2500 f5.6 ISO640 0EV monopod

    This morning I photographed this little guy, one of a brood of three. He came into this world only a few days ago and was already wading in the muddy marsh, busily sweeping the water and mud with his bill in a search for food. Here he pauses for a moment (to look at himself?).

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    Hi Wendell,
    Those legs look totally out of proportion to the little fluffy body - always makes me laugh when I see them. I like the angle and the reflection - and the expanding rings in the water. There seems to be some colour noise in the background which you can probably treat on conversion from RAW.

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    Cute little guy! I like the feeding pose and inclusion of the reflection. The BG looks a bit noisy and I would remove the specular highlights on the reflection of the bill, too.

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    I like the subject and the rings of water. And the subject. There are however many problems. There was a red and yellow color cast. There are lots of hot pixels in the original post. Reducing the YELLOW SAT got rid of most of them. I selectively sharpened the bird for the repost and reduced the BKGR noise which was mega. :) In addition, the bird is angled away from you.

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    Gerald: Yes, Avocets'R'Us is appropriate. I recall our postings from long ago -- both avocets, and both beautiful, but very different looking varieties in the US and Belgium.

    Axel: Thanks; you, Gerald and artie all agree about a serious noise problem.

    artie: Really appreciate your taking time to re-work and re-post my image. Looks much better. I'll incorporate all of your suggestions. As for Digital Basics, I believe it is for Photoshop users only(?), and I have only Elements. I was sitting on a ledge about a foot above the water's surface . . . look out mud, here I come.

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    WW, YAW. I think that a good portion of DB is applicable to Elements. Find yourself a relative or friend who has a college ID and get yourself a copy of Photoshop!
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    artie: SOLD! I just ordered a copy of DB . . . now I'll work on Photoshop . . .

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