I photographed this guy in Portland, Or last week, using a Nikon D300 with 200-400 lens at f4, 1/160, matrix metering - .67, ISO 1000.
The white spots are petals from flowering trees. I was undecided as to whether I should remove them.
Sarah
Sharp for 1/160th. Get rid of the white spots... The bird is too low in the frame; look at all the dead space above the bird... I like the patterns in the water.
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Great expression, and nice head angle. I would suggest continue to clone out the bright spot next to the eye, as it draws attention away from your subject. I also think the image could be improved with a slightly CCW rotation. I hope you don't mind that I drew a vertical box on your image to show how the reflection in the water can help you with the rotation.
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