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    Here's a piping plover from Nickerson's last June. The image was taken at 6:04 a.m, mk IV, 800 f5.6, iso 800, f6.3, 1/320 shot in manual mode.

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    Up on the hill of sand rocks. A nice alert pose and a nicely designed image with the bird well back in the frame where it should be. A very nice adult with a sweet BKGR (though I am not loving the dark at the top left). Wish that we could see the entire left foot (though it is close). Whites look a bit grey and the bird is most definitely over-sharpened. Was this up close to the dunes by the triangular snow fence?
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    Thanks Artie, this was taken down by the surf line where I was photographing OC's getting sand fleas for their chicks. I edited this several months ago when I still sharpened in the RAW conversion. I'll take another stab at it today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Herb Houghton View Post
    Thanks Artie, this was taken down by the surf line where I was photographing OC's getting sand fleas for their chicks. I edited this several months ago when I still sharpened in the RAW conversion. I'll take another stab at it today.
    YAW and thanks. Sharpening RAWs is pretty much a no-no (except for tiny amounts....) I use Clarity at 30 as my "in-camera sharpening."
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    Ditto Artie. What a cute little fella. If you rework the image you could also perform some NR to the BG.

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    Repost, reworked no sharpening in the conversion, USM 70, .3, 0 in CS4, healing brush cleanup in the BGD, one round of NR in neatimage

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    I like the repost very much. Sharpening in RAW is something I have tried but for web images I prefer sharpening in Photoshop and none in RAW other than the method Artie advocates. I have used RAW sharpening for prints and it works well. It is strongly recommended by Martin Evening in his CS4/5 books.

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    Repost sharpened perfectly. Good job on the dark strip. Now a bit off the top and a bit off the bottom and you are ready to print!
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    Repost is excellent and addressing all the issues.

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    Really nice image and the repost is more pleasing to me as well. I love the low angle and the great colors and also the subtle bg.

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