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    Don:

    Beautiful individual in nice breeding colors.
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    Background is a bit busy.

    Looks like a bit of blurring done on the corners. I appreciate the effort, but perhaps a bit overdone?

    I am not seeing a lot of detail in the whites on the neck, perhaps a linear burn or multiply selection on those areas.

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    Hey Randy, yes, i concur perhaps a bit of too much blur. This brings a good question, i saw the pose loved the colors etc, however due too the zero distance between the bkg and the bird... oof is not going too happen there.. So here's the question, minus the blurr, does one "delete can" an image like this, or is real natural pose with zero cloning, even an option.
    So here's the question, would you personally even work on an image like this, or is the natural bkg too distracting... Thks for sharing.
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    Don:

    The bird is strong, the background a challenge. I would try a version with much tighter cropping, to eliminate some of the peripheral clutter. Rather than a straight blur on the remaining clutter, might try a mild vignette on the corners. I also wouldn't hesitate to do some very minimal cloning of some of the leaves that you can't effectively clone out.

    I would give it a go before I gave up on it. Even if you don't like the final result, you always learn something from the effort.

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    That was a tough one to compose for sure...I don't mind the foliage around the edges and corners (I actually wish there was more at URC), but its the branch directly behind the bill that poses more of a challenge. The breeding plumage on the bird is certainly strong enough to make this an overall keeper (especially if you don't have much on this species to begin with). I tend to "delete bin" images very easily and without pity or remorse, but I could see why you would want to keep it...I'm sure I would too.

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    Thks for the feedback, just trying to learn as much as possible here... no problem on the delete key. Just wanted to learn a bit more on how you both are thinking. Not sure why these freaking birds, can't pose in the right place!!!! LOL TFS Don

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    A couple things that I feel could make this stronger. A vertical crop might work better than a square. There could be more room at the bottom for virtual feet. But most important to me is that there is no apparent connection between you and your subject here. A degree of two more of a head turn toward you would have helped. Any more in this series?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Hamilton Jr. View Post
    Hey Randy, yes, i concur perhaps a bit of too much blur. This brings a good question, i saw the pose loved the colors etc, however due too the zero distance between the bkg and the bird... oof is not going too happen there.. So here's the question, minus the blurr, does one "delete can" an image like this, or is real natural pose with zero cloning, even an option.
    So here's the question, would you personally even work on an image like this, or is the natural bkg too distracting... Thks for sharing.
    Don
    Very nice pose and light, you are right about the distance to BG. IMHO blurring the BG makes it unnatural because the lens bokeh is not the same as Gaussian blur in photoshop. For me, I would wait for a better opportunity when the bird is farther from BG.
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    Lovely IQ ad incl of environment...Agree with the others regarding the blurring!

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    Don, I would pass on this one not sure were it was taken but if it was at one of the alligator farms I would work for a better BG with time and patience they will land on a good perch
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