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Morkel this is great Image...Excellent Psoe, Sharp, Well exposed, Nice wing position and beautiful light...the flying drops add to the image...I would be tempted to tone down the BG a bit, at least dark patch in front of the bird.
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beautiful pose and details Morkel
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Wild looking bird, Morkel and your usual nice pp of high iso.
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Super killer pose. Great colors and detail. I love watching these guys "run on water" Great catch
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Excellent pose , nice details and colors.
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Awesome, Morkel. Great action captured.
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Never get used to seeing the size of the feet on these birds. Love the "running in air" pose you got here.
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Thanks for the kind comments everyone
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Originally Posted by
Ofer Levy
Superb in every way!!!
Agree but for the pond scum. Does everyone else above like the pond scum too? For me it is obviously distracting.
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Great action and colours. I didn't pay too much attention to the pond scum, now you mention it it is a little less than ideal but it doesn't really bother me at all, I sort of expect it in this bird's habitat.
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So typical of the species and a superb capture plus treatment. Thanks Morkel.
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Rod Warnock
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Great timing and detail.Excellent image
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Excellent image Morkel! I like the action, details and running pose.
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Originally Posted by
Jonathan Ashton
Great action and colours. I didn't pay too much attention to the pond scum, now you mention it it is a little less than ideal but it doesn't really bother me at all, I sort of expect it in this bird's habitat.
BPN is about helping folks learn to create fabulous contest winning images. Don't get me wrong; I like this image a lot. But when folks ignore problems or distracting elements in an image with their "great stuff" and "superb image" comments they are doing a disservice to both the poster and to BPN. And that goes double when they do not even bother to let folks know why they like an image.
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Thanks for the honest feedback, folks.
Artie - you are right, of course, and I value any and all honest critique about processing and in-the-field issues that could have been better. This particular pond has seen an increase in "muck" and I intend to send someone out there to clean up the algae a bit.
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I am with Arthur in this one. The bird is great, as is the pose, but the scum, well, it has been addressed.
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