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    Default Crested Caracara

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    Shot at Falcon SP TX.
    1D MK4, 300mm2.8, 1.4TC.
    f5.6, 1/5000, iso400,
    Cropped, slight exposure, fill light and contrast adjustment, some sharpening and noise reduction in ACR, removed small oof branch lower right corner.

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    Pose, perch and comp are sweet! Try to pull more detail in blacks. Bob

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    Excellent image! +1 on Bob's comments, especially his suggestion about the blacks. On my monitor (MacBook Pro, not calibrated) the entire bird seems too dark. I DL'ed the image and took it into PS and used the S&H adjustment to bring up the shadows and it brought out a lot of detail in the body.

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    Nice look back pose here Joe. Nice colors, agree on opening up the shadows a bit. I like the perch that he's chosen. Well done.
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    Thanks Todd, John and Bob for your comments.
    On my calibrated 27" iMac I can see feather detail in the dark area of the bird and the whites on the neck are bright without losing detail. In real life the body of a Caracara is a dark brown, almost black. As I see it on my monitor, the image of the bird as originally posted looks quite natural to me.
    I have reprocessed the image as suggested.
    Do you like this version better?

    Joe

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    Like the repost Joe. Nice work.

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    Joe, the repost looks better to me as well. You opened up the image just enough for more detail to show without washing out the body.

    John

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