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Karl Witt wrote:
'Abouthelight' ............quite appropriate for this set 
Isolation, outstanding!
The first image is remarkable, it just makes my monitor glow, I can feel the light. I love it when an exposure reaches into the depths of the blacks and brings out the often hidden colors and when the exposure retains details in the whites like this one. This is so much more than just a shot.............it is gorgeous well executed image!
The second image set against that wonderful blue just pops. The hues in the blue are calming, the pattern and contrast in the bird really work on that clean BG. It's interesting on how powerful those yellow legs are and how they try to steal the attention from the eye. There is an ever so subtle trail off of DOF on this one but that is what makes the eye the focal point, it works
The third one really catches those creamy tans contrasted by the blacks very nicely and the greens are refreshing and supportive to isolate. Lots of nice details, great image.
You have my vote, earned it in a matter of seconds, these are all top notch results of your efforts, amazing 
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Karl thank you so much for the detailed response. I really appreciate it. And it is all about the light. In order to get proper exposure on that Stilt you have to have perfect late evening (or early morning) light to really make those blacks and whites sing. And the bird has to be at the perfect and I mean perfect angle to get those colors just right. I have a couple hundred photos of this bird in all different poses and against a bunch of different backgrounds. All sharp and well exposed. But I only have 3 images where the bird is angled just perfectly to the sun where all of the details really come out in the blacks. So about 1 in 100 made the cut. Those little things make all of the difference. On the Upland Sandpiper where it was full overcast, the angle is not nearly as important. Thanks again for the kind words.
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