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    Brendan Dozier
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    Up close, with its beak open, this goose looks almost prehistoric to me. Those are bits of grass in his mouth he was munching on. Sat in mud a few feet away on chilly overcast, misty morning at local lake. (well, chilly for San Diego! lol) Softened BG, H&S, lightened eye area, NR

    7D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM +2.0x, 1/320, 5.6, ISO 1250

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    - Brendan

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    Brendan:

    He does look pretty primitive!
    He is sharp,like the open bill, misty feel to background.
    Could stand a tad more room on right.

    Main concern is that the image is pretty dark. I would consider bringing it up about 1/2 stop, and see how it looks. The whites should tolerate that fine.

    Cheers

    Randy

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    Brendan Dozier
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    Here's the repost.

    Lightened up a bit, and added bit of canvas on R.

    Thanks Randy

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    It does look rather "Jurassic"! Nice comp, and I like the open bill and nice view of the serrations. I agree the image is dark and bringing it up in post would do wonders. A couple of the paler streaks could be toned down IMO (especially more-so if you raise the exposure).

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    Interesting looking bill, and I like the open bill showing the 'teeth'. I see in your repost, you lightened the whole image, I would only lighten the swan.

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    Thanks Dan and Stuart, I'll keep working on it

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    I see you reposted as I typed. The image does look better now, but there are areas that could be lightened more...fill-flash would have helped with that to start with.

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    Dragon Goose indeed, powerful profile with rich colour tones and good defenition. Nice image overall, TFS Brendan.

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    Well done Brendon that is one menacing looking pose I'd hate to get bitten by those teeth well captured and sharp.

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    James already said it. Those teeth and that eye have me backing away from the monitor.

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    Lol! Thanks for looking guys. Most of the time this one is very gentle and serene. Just don't get in its way during chow time!

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