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    Brendan Dozier
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    Default Redhead Drake

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    Taken at local lake back in March. PP, ACR, touched up a few spots on duck.

    7D, 70-200, hand-held
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    Good composition with impactful colors. Great sharpness. Well done!

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    Steven Kersting
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    I think you did well, but it could use a little more work in post. The two biggest things I see are the brightness is a bit much loosing detail in the back of the bird. WB is good w/ what I think is a slight color cast.

    I took a stab at a quick edit.
    Set levels which mostly amounted to setting white output lower but when I set the pupil to black it made the res a bit more vibrant/saturated. Desaturated the entire image slightly. And I did a shadow/highlight adjustment, Tried not to go too far with that.
    Saved for web at 65% (to meet the max kb requirements here) so it might look less sharp than the original.



    A lot of steps for minimal difference....
    Last edited by Steven Kersting; 04-10-2011 at 10:13 AM.

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    Brendan Dozier
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    Thanks for the comments & suggestions, Rich & Steven.

    Steven, I see what you mean, and like the repost (although you could not post it at the highest quality). Also, looking at the original image now, I think wave lines are a bit distracting and I would have preferred calm water, and a better reflection.

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