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    Ken Watkins
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    Taken in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India 7th April 2011

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    500mm F4 IS hand-held from the world's worst game viewing vehicle (Maruti Gypsy)

    F5, ISO 400, 1/1250

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    Ken:

    Striking interaction here, and although the head angles are away from us on 3 of the birds, the interaction makes it work for me.

    If allowed, fill flash would have opened up the shadow areas, esp. the faces.

    I would tone down the brightness of the large stick in the BG.

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    Great action captured. Must have been the fight of the Day
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    Clever title Ken. One of them must have upset the applecart here. Good interaction, all with open beaks. The angle looks fine, considering captured from a vehicle.

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    Randy,

    A "flash gun" is one of the endless things that you are not allowed in Indian Parks, although built in is apparently OK.

    Chris and Stuart,

    Thanks a lot

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    Neat- starlings will be starlings.

    I tried Photoshop's Shadows and Highlights and some dodging on the image and the faces of the birds opened up really nicely with noise not becoming an issue at all.

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    John,

    I normally do not like to use Shadows and Highlights, but in this case I think it works, thanks for the tip

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    I know what you mean Ken. I don't use it much either and it's hard (for me at least) to pick the images where it works before I test it out.

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