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    This was taken after sunset.

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    Cropped and sharpened, cloned out a distracting branch

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    Tom,
    Nice pose and great background. Techs are looking good too considering the light conditions.
    I added a bit of saturation and let me know what do you think.

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    The repost is better, Sid, thank you. After I posted, I looked at it and thought it looked flat and that I should adjust the Levels in the midrange. I did it, but I elected to not post it until someone commented on it. Thanks for taking the time.

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    Nice image Tom, sharp bird and a great background. Sids' repost takes it up a notch.

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    I started with Sid's version and went from there. Divided and conquered the extraneous parts of the perch and sharpened and lightened the face. I just love the head angle and the color and softness of the BKGR.
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    Wow Artie, you really cleaned it up and it looks great. Thank you for the time spent on this. I was just happy to get the shot I did after sunset handheld with the shutter speed that low and not have tons of noise. Still learning and again, thank you for the time spent with the repost - much better!

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    excellent pose and BG , re-post(s) took this over the top
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    Tom, good choice of comp to suit the pose, and just love the soft light and colours in this. Love the forked perch. Artie's post puts it up a notch.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Redd View Post
    Wow Artie, you really cleaned it up and it looks great. Thank you for the time spent on this. I was just happy to get the shot I did after sunset handheld with the shutter speed that low and not have tons of noise. Still learning and again, thank you for the time spent with the repost - much better!
    YAW. Only took a few minutes. Do you have Digital Basics?
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    You had a lot to work with there, and a great bird to boot; then came Sid and Artie. Artie's re-post looks great; the shot would probably look even better if Sid and Artie'd been working with the raw file.

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    Thank you all for the feedback.

    Artie, yes, I do have Digital Basics and am still working thru it. Thanks again.

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    Thanks for your purchase Tom; now get studying and get practicing :).
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