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    I was fortunate enough to see this Gray Catbird emerge from the bushes C & C is appreciated.




    Device: Nikon D300
    Lens: VR 150-500mm F/5-6.3G
    Focal Length: 500mm
    Focus Mode: AF-C
    AF-Area Mode: Single
    Aperture: F/9
    Shutter Speed: 1/1600s
    Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
    Metering: Matrix
    ISO Sensitivity: ISO 800

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    Nice HA and eye contact. Exposure looks good and you have a nice BG. You so often hear these birds, but they are hard to pick out in the trees.
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    I like the look-back pose and soft light and would sharpen the bird a bit more. Maybe a slightly wider crop?

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    Thanks for the feedback Axel and Julie. Does this look better?


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    The sharpness looks very good now. I might crop a bit off the left to get the bird out of the center.

    BTW, vertical images shouldn't be larger than 800 pixels.

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    Oops, I cropped 1024 width instead of 768 on that one. Sorry. Here is the tweak.

    Last edited by Gizzo Sparkes; 06-04-2010 at 09:12 AM.

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    This one looks quite good. If it were mine, I might give it a bit more room top and bottom but like it as is.

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