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    Yesterday I posted a similar image. I exported the wrong image from the series in Lightroom consequently it was critiqued as I would expect it to be. Here is the image I intended to show.
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    Hi Sausan,
    This is a really beautiful bird and a nice light, one of my fav. habitat is great too. However, the feather details are lacking and the BG looks a bit grainy/busy. Was this a big crop?

    I love the way you include beautiful habitat in your shot.
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    Hi Susan, this is the way I envisaged your previous post - well done. I do agree with Arash that the BG was a tad noisy, so hope you dont mind, but Ive done a version with a slight NR on the BG, and a touch of desaturation too. I could have blurred the BG more but left it with just the NR.

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    The repost by Stuart really does improve the BG. I love the included habitat, but would have preferred the head to have been turned towards us a wee bit more - can't always ask for everything!! I'd rather the thin pale band at lower edge wasn't there, but cropping from below would make the image too tight. Nice light!

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    Composition is just right in here IMO. No problem at all with the head turn or "the thin pale band at lower edge " both look fine to me.

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    Sweet light and nice habitat. I would have liked a slight head turn.
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    This is not sour grapes, but the head turn stuff really slays me. Any animal that would take to the sky while looking in another direction would be really dumb. When I look at an image I look at the visual from corner to corner and edge to edge and get my impression from the overall design. I guess I've gotten my ideas from looking at paintings not at bird photographs. Some head turn critiques have merit, but IMHO not this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by susanschermer View Post
    . Some head turn critiques have merit, but IMHO not this one.
    I can't agree more....
    In this image - head angle is not better but no one mentioned the HA....I guess being part of the "HA police" helps sometimes....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ofer Levy View Post
    I can't agree more....
    In this image - head angle is not better but no one mentioned the HA....I guess being part of the "HA police" helps sometimes....
    oops - forgot to add the link.....
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