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    Striated Fieldwren
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    These birds have a simple, repetitive song that they sing from the tallest perch amongst coastal salt bush.

    Canon 5D 600mm f4 L (non IS) + 1.4 TC iso 400 1/1250th f8.0 CW metering at +0 handheld
    Photoshop- slight sharpen and clone out of leaves at bottom right of frame

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    Hi Paul, nice shot. I like the background, open beak and pose. Might crop up from the bottom just a tad because it is OOF. very nice.

    Gary.

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    I like the pose, perch, sharpness and BG. I would consider a crop like Gary suggested. Beautiful image Paul!

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    Very nice! Another vote for cropping the first oof cluster of leaves.

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    Lovely image. Colours are very complimentary and pose is excellent.

    I like the nice vertical presentation but agree that the oof in bottom would be best cropped out for a bit squatter photo.

    Dave

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    I really like this shot.. Love the background, nice and sharp,good HA. I do also agree about cropping up from the bottom.

    TFS Neil

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    I like this a lot. Subject and BKGR are excellent.

    I would crop some from the bottom keeping some of the brown BKGR in the image.

    Cheers

    Austin

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    A very lovely vertical rule of thirds with the perfect head angle. The bird looks a bit like a thin-billed Lincoln's Sparrow. Light sweet and soft, SH right on, and a loverly BKGR.
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    Great shot, lovely BG, perch and bird. I think that an f/11 would make a huge difference in the perch below, just don't know if the BG would be that amazing with f/11....

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    Excellent comp!! Love the pose and the BG is just too sweet. Did you clone out something in LRC?...seems like there is a faint pale circle there suggesting just that...

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    Wonderful shot, great perch, fantastic pose, and tack sharp. Well done.

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    Beautiful image Paul.
    Nice pose, perch and background.

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    Thanks for the replies all, crop suggestion makes sense for sure. Yes, leaves cloned out of bottom right corner as noted in photoshop notes in my original post

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