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    Hereby a different shot of a dipper, you like it or not, there is no inbetween :)

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    Nice composition and image love the soft colors...:D

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    That is a really neat camera angle. I like it!

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    With the head against the rock (?) and the dark water, I think that lightening the face would be a huge improvement. Love the silky water.
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    Love it. Great pose, and that flowing water is awesome. One of the better Dipper pics I've seen. Top stuff.

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    Pose, angle and soft water are great, I agree regarding lightening the face a bit.

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    It's perfect and it wouldn't be too hard to lighten the face. How wonderful!

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    Love the unusual angle of shot. The rock on the BG breaks a little bit the nice composition, but not too distracting. I'm not an expert of post-processing, but a darker foreground and a brighter bird's head would improve significantly this image.

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    thanks for you comments, I'll try to lighten the head a bit.
    in fact the "rock" in the background is a zinc side of the waterfall (not natural)

    regards Lesley

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    Well, it is good that it looks like a rock!

    I lightened the head using Robert O'Toole's APTATS/Quick Masking tricks to make the selection (and then a Curves ADJ via Cntrl M) and did a bit of eye doctor magic...
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