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    Default spoonbill portrait

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    Canon 7D | 500mm F4 +1.4x
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    Amazing image, Sid. You've opened up a clinic on bird portraits!
    DOF, pose, bg, light - everything top notch. Fine speciment too.
    Love your work.

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    A great portrait Sid! Good exposure on the whites, a perfect HA , and a lovely BG. Well done.

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    Another great shot!!!

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    Another top shot...IQ and exp looks spot on and the light on the bird making it pop from the ~BG is great...Love that eye.

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    Beautiful spoonbill portrait, Sid! Love seeing that amazing looking bill up close. Nice work!

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    sweet portriate Sid got to love the creamy BG and red eye of the Spoonbill
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    Another fantastic portrait. Light, colors, exp, detail, all stunning. Well done,Sid.

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    Great spoonbill portrait! Nice and sharp from beak to head, love the eyecontact. Great BG. Good shooting.



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    Absolutely lovely. No nits from me. The BG is yummy and the whites are perfectly exposed. And you got a nice clean bill!
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    Sid,
    Well exposed and tack sharp(as I expect from you).
    The background is pleasing to be sure. Did it need any clean up?

    This is also a very strong composition, well balanced with great head angle.

    Perhaps a little bit of room at the top might make it even stronger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by James Shadle View Post
    Sid,

    Perhaps a little bit of room at the top might make it even stronger.

    James
    Agree with you on that.

    No clean up on the background.

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    Thanks Sid.
    That is how you work a background!

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    Marvelous close-up...Lovely colors and bg...

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    very nice image,its all been said.thanks.

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    Great portrait with a good HA Sid. Love the soft light, exposure and sharpness, and that eye is simply stunning.

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    Love that incredible red eye Sid. Gorgeous BG and great sharpness.
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    Pink against Green...... wounderful image and the perfect exposure & F-stop.

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