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    Stunning to see in the wild and pretty common in certain areas.

    NR in Topaz, Levels and USM

    Bit of work on LHS of branch, BG as shot

    ss/400, f8, ISO 800, Ev +.67
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    Hi Richard.

    This is a very nice, well composed, colorful and sharp image of a beautiful bird. And the background is excellent.

    If it were mine, I'd consider brightening the bird very cautiously. And I do wish that the foreground perch was a bit sharper.

    But well done!

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    You did a great job getting the blue and the CYAN cap right. Yes, the protruding o-o-f part of the perch is a killer.... It is one of those rules that can rarely if ever be broken. Nice BKGR and head angle. BKGR sweet. You could opt to lose the vertical nub.....
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    What a gorgeous bird!

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    Agree with Artie's nice critique. Did you run NR on the plumage? The feathers look a little too smooth IMO.
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    Hi Doug

    Going to rework this to eliminate that nasty wood
    so I will look at the feather detail again then; probably used very light setting in Topaz DN5

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