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    Mac Wheeler McDougal Jr.'s Avatar
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    My wife and I were at Viera late this afternoon and spied this hawk on a perimeter fence post. He was very cooperative and posed for some time for myself and several other photographers. Unfortunately the background was very messy with lots of branches, so I blurred the BG which I usually don't like to do. Hope you like it, please give me your opinion on the blur job. Shooting information below:
    Nikon D3S
    2011:02:16 17:20:05
    1200mm
    1200mm (in 35mm film)
    Subject dist: 28m
    1/160 sec, f/8
    Mode: Av
    Metering: Spot
    ISO: 200
    White balance: Auto
    Flash: Off
    File size: 139MB
    Image size: 1893 x 2409
    Color space: sRGB
    Saturation: Normal
    Sharpness: Normal
    Contrast: Normal
    Color profile: sRGB

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    very nice pose, I would increase the contrast some, BG is a bit busy.
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    The bluring of the background looks fine to me and it is what it is. I like the slight head turn towards the viewer and the vertical pose of the young Hawk.

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    Nice eye contact, exposure and detail, I agree with adding some contrast. The BG blur has softened the busyness, not much more you could have done IMHO.

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