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    Jan Fourie
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    Taken at Knysna,South Africa
    Camera :Canon 1 D mark 1V
    Lens:Canon 300mm f/2.8
    ISO : 1600
    f/5.6
    SS :1/2500

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    Jan:

    I like the interaction between the two, the angled perch.
    The image overall looks a bit bright to me, and I would consider cleaning up the catchlight in the eye of the right bird, probably perfectly natural, but looks a bit funky.
    Besides a slight overall brightness adjustment, I might try a little selective reduction in luminosity on the brightest areas of the BG such as the RUC.

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    Agree with Randy on the brightness . But the placement of the birds on the crooked perch works beautifully . NR on the BG would also help this image a lot .

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    Jan you have captured a lovely interaction of these two, nice and sharp . As mentioned I would consider toning down the brightness and catchlight of the bird on our right.

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    Love the interaction between the subjects but I find the BG distracting and fighting with the subjects for my attention. Would definitely tone it down and I would also prefer to see it more OOF.
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    Like the placement of the two birds. Nice mottled background as well.

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