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    I had this Golden-Headed Cisticola in on uncertain terms tell me that I was too leave the reed bed that I was in. I was trying to shoot some shore birds and was using the reeds as a sort of cover. I took the camera off the tripod and hand held for this photo.

    The only thing that bugs me is the tail - if anyone feels that they could fix that then have a go. I have tried without sucess :( so I have left it. I managed to drop the height of the branch just below the bottom leg as this was touching it.

    7d, 500mm + 1.4 ext, 1/3200 :eek: @ 5.6, 400ISO. EV 0.

    Thanks again, Tom.

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    Great shot sorry my skills would not extend to making a decent job of cloning. You may want to consider losing the stems on the right or perhaps just the OOF one.

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    Hi Tom. Had a 5 min play in photoshop......

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    Good title. Great expression, pose, and eye contact. The repost does look better, might even get rid of plants on R side as well since mostly OOF.

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    Great singing pose captured here Tom, and the golden head is very evident. Bird is nice and sharp with good HA and eye contact. I would consider removing the one long oof branch.

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    Great work Chris, Looks good. Thanks

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    A great shot made even better - nice cloning I will have to improve my skills!

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    What a large beak for such a small character.:w Good calling pose, and I like what Chris did on the tail.

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    GHCs are one of my favourite species. I love their wheezy calls.

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