With Ricardo's assistance I used photoshop to move the left-most branch towards the center of the image for a better overall composition.
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Took this image with Stan at the St. Augustine Gator Farm. I post-processed from the raw file again since I have learned alot since I last touched this image. I would love any suggestions for improvement.
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D7000
80.0-400.0 mm
F/7.1
ISO 400
SS 1/1000
Your discus are talking to you....are you listening
With Ricardo's assistance I used photoshop to move the left-most branch towards the center of the image for a better overall composition.
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Your discus are talking to you....are you listening
As I said via text. I really like the new composition a lot better. Great work Pat.
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Love the wing position and the "dynamic" feet. Also love the soft lighting.
If I were to print this, I would clone out the leaves at the bottom left and the twig bottom center. Just cleans it up a bit. Might also lighten up the Spoonbill head a tad. (Hard to tell, it may be different on your monitor.)
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