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    Default Azure Kingfisher

    Would like Critiques on this picture
    taken at Yarramundi reserve Aust
    Canon EOS 7D
    Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM +1.4x
    Shutter Speed (1/1600)
    Aperture f/8.0
    ISO Speed 800
    Exposure Bias +1/3 EV
    Aperture-priority AE
    Center-weighted average
    sharpened cropped to around 50% used blurring tool on background and cloned out branches

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    This is very nice Derek! Awesome light and colours! IQ suffered from the crop and I would reduce the sharpening a bit. The eye looks a bit too "doctored" to me.

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    thanks ofer i did the crop then cropped it again for bpn size limit yes i lighten the eye and sharpened it
    many thanks for the help sometimes you can go over board trying to fix things up

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    Derek:

    Lovely bird, brilliant colors. Depending on what is around the bird, I certainley think a slightly looser crop would work, and help with the IQ a bit as well. Perhaps the perch is too massive, and you cropped to reduce its impact. Even if that is the case , you could add back in a little canvas above and to the right.

    The blue grey background works well with his colors.

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    Roman Kurywczak
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    Hey Derek,
    Excellent advice above! I think a bit of rework in PP'ing will go a long way in taking this up a notch!

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    Marvelous image.Love the composition and colors.

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    Lovely bird! Some good points raised above. It looks as though the blues in the neck and head are oversaturated...toning it down will probably reveal more detail...
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    thank you all for the good info
    a repost

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