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Illustrator Series American Avocet by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr


Jul 12, 2017 at 07:22 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


Congratulations , lovely shot!

Hope you don't mind , but I played with your shot a bit. I was trying to do something to draw more attention to the bird . My idea was to play off the reflection of the sun on the water on the underside of the bird . Just one of many directions you could go with the shot.

I did more noise reduction on the background only.

I increased the highlights and shadows just a bit on both bird and background. I did a levels adjustment selectively on the eye to brighten it a bit.
I also did a bit of lightening on the underside of the bird. Did some selective sharpening on the bird only.

I will gladly take down it you wish.


Birdie







Jul 12, 2017 at 09:36 AM
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Looks great Birdie! Thanks for the effort.


Jul 12, 2017 at 01:53 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


Even without the background cleaning that Roberta did, I agree about brightening it. Great feather detail Robert

Morris



Jul 13, 2017 at 12:04 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


Nicely done Robert, but Birdie did make some worthwhile improvements ~ Ron


Jul 13, 2017 at 07:33 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


Congrats on your first Avocet!

It is a good shot, exposure to retain the whites good, sharpness good and depth of field good

Nits for improvement, image appears slightly leaning to the right so a little leveling to fix that.
What would make the shot have more pop would be catching a highlight in the eye IMO as well as more of sidelight than an overhead light.

Enjoy the beach
Karl



Jul 13, 2017 at 07:48 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


Morris, Karl, Ron thanks for the ideas and suggestions.


Jul 13, 2017 at 09:34 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


i like the low angle Robert


Jul 14, 2017 at 04:26 AM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


thanks and thanks for noticing. I was literally lying on my chest trying to get low!


Jul 14, 2017 at 11:54 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


Robert if this were my image, I would try to bring out some highlights around the eye. Other than that, a very nice shot.


Jul 15, 2017 at 03:28 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · C/C welcome and please my first Avocet


These are lovely birds - but the ones I have been photographing up here in the inland lakes are much more vibrant cinnamon coloured - is this one perhaps a juvenile? Or were all the avocets this same colour where you were?


Jul 17, 2017 at 02:40 PM
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Looks good, nice shot MM.


Jul 20, 2017 at 02:09 AM





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