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    This is the fourth in my series of Japanese waxwings taken recently at Binjiang Park in a suburban area of the city-province of Shanghai. As part of my commitment to full disclosure, I'm posting the original below.

    Device: Nikon D3S
    Lens: VR 600mm F/4G
    Focal length: 600mm
    VR: ON
    Aperture: F/5
    Shutter Speed: 1/1000
    Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
    Exposure Comp.: +0.7EV
    Metering: Center-Weighted
    ISO Sensitivity: ISO 1000

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    The original.

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    Love the soft light, muted colors, nice pose, and sharpness. Not sure how you feel about cloning, but I might consider removing the berries behind the perch.
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    Craig, I really like the pastel colours in this. Super pose, and the reflection in the eye adds interest. If this were mine, I would maybe darken the BG a tad. I feel it will make this pop even more. Another vote for picking the berries.:)

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    Doug, Stu, many thanks.

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    Love the light and sharpness, you did well with the crop, I sort of like the berries.

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    beautiful bg,pose,colors!

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    Beautiful colors and composition Craig nice look over pose the berries add nicely to your image. Sweet Shot!

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    Craig as mentioned the colours are beautiful and well managed in this series I love the look back HA and crest on this one.TFS

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    Craig, I agree that the soft light is great here, and I appreciate the post of the original capture too. Having seen it, I think I would have considered a horizontal composition in-camera. Alternatively, though the vertical works well too, I think a horizontal crop in post might have some potential as well. I tend to like negative space in an image, and since the lighting, setting, and subject have an oriental art kind of feel to them I could see a looser composition really working in this situation.

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