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    Default Spoonbill Portrait

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    580EX in manual mode at 1/2
    Flash as main source of light to eliminate the background

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    lovely image sid

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    I like the black BG, Sid, A very nice, different look to this species.
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    Sid:

    Lovely studio portrait, with skillfull use of the flash.

    Nice texture in feathers, exposure, sharpness.

    Noteworthy that you were able to get in so close.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Stout View Post
    Noteworthy that you were able to get in so close.
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    Nice portrait for sure. Great flash work and indeed you were amazingly close. Congrats.

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    Sid,

    It appears you have this flash thing down my friend. And, manual flash at that,

    Best,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles Glatzer View Post
    It appears you have this flash thing down my friend. And, manual flash at that,
    I have to thank you for introducing us to distance scale and controlling flash distance. Great class.

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    Excellent use of flash. Fine image.

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    Lovely portrait. Love the texture in feathers, exposure and sharpness. Beautiful colors and bg too.

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    Great portrait showing off some cool flash work Sid

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    Nice composition and excellent expsoure control and sharpness.

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    Very unique portrait, Sid! May I assume you took this during harsher light due to your flash settings? Did you create the in camera or with a little help in PP? You really have tremendous details here, and I don't remember ever seeing a spoonie beak that looked like this.
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    very nice Sid, you nailed it. Last time I used flash as main light I toasted the subject :D

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    Sidd, good flash work of course. I liked the comp. as well...always love your tight shots. TFS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marina Scarr View Post
    Very unique portrait, Sid! May I assume you took this during harsher light due to your flash settings? Did you create the in camera or with a little help in PP? You really have tremendous details here, and I don't remember ever seeing a spoonie beak that looked like this.
    Marina,
    In low light conditions. Bit of levels adjustment to darken the background.
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    Excellent execution, Sid. Absolutely love the flash work and details here.

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    Normally I don't like a black BG but in here it works nicely.

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