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    Ákos Lumnitzer
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    Default Banking Kite

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    A common Aussie species, but not an easy subject. Sometimes one gets lucky to get a close pass. If you think something looks odd with this image, please let me know.

    30D, 400mm f/5.6L, ISO800, f/5.6, 1/6400th, HH, +2/3EC and it should have been MORE!

    Full vertical from horizontal capture.

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    Lifetime Member Stu Bowie's Avatar
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    Hey Bro, the vertical comp suits the flight posture, and I like the detail. Your +2/3 EC looks spot on to me, any more and you may have gone overboard. Good eye contact too.

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    Judging by the forehead +2/3 was enough without starting to blowing parts of the head. It is fill-flash that was needed to light the underwings. I still like it though...the backlighting on the overlapping flight and tail feathers look neat. I just find the image looks smoothed out a bit as if NR was applied on the subject. I could be wrong, but thats the impression I get.

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    Looks absolutely great to me but since you raised the subject - are those chest feathers a little too smooth?:confused:

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    I like the eye contact and the banking pose. I see a dust bunny upper right of top wing and is this back lit or am I seeing a halo from bringing out the shadows?

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    Lovely pose Akos! The vibrant colour of the eye looks great, as does the pose and details in the bird.
    There does seem to be a light halo around the bird, most notably behind the trailing edge of the wings.

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