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    Another image from my morning with the Wood Ducks

    1D MKIII, 500 f/4, 1/1250 at f/ 5.6, Aperture Priority, Evaluative Metered + 2/3, ISO 400, Raw, tripod, Slight crop
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    Now that is stretched to the max! Nice whites on the throat - easy to cook but they are well done. Not crazy about the far wing's shape, but the near one rocks. I'd be tempted to crop a bit off the bottom, and right.

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    [QUOTE]easy to cook but they are well done./QUOTE]
    Actually my best overall exposures slightly cooked the whites which I saved during conversions when I exposed for the whites the rest of the image was to dark and pulling detail out of the wings and body introduces noise very tricky subject to expose for much like Hooded Mergansers you need to be right on the edge of destroying the whites to hold detail in the black. Of course if I used flash I would expose for the whites and let the flash handle the rest.
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    Don:

    I would second Daniel's comments. If IQ will tolerate, a bit tighter crop. Unusually good detail on breast here.

    I use flash on about 75% of my woodies, for exactly the reasons you mentioned. It really does give you a chance to show more color/detail in the darker areas while not blowing out the whites.

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    Excellent wing flapping pose captured at a nice low angle, Don.

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    Ditto Dan. For my eyes, there is too much space on the bottom and a tighter crop would direct more attention to your subject.
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