Shot with a 1.7x teleconverter through glass at full optical zoom (aprox. 323mm). Cropped, dodged and burned, levels, shaddow adjustment, color tweeked, resized USM and SFW.
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What an image!! Certainly one to proud of, and I'd have this hanging on my walls if it were mine! I like the nice, tight close-up a lot, It gives a lot of power to the shot. In a challenge with a lot to like, this is a stand-out.
this is an amazing piece of work. i have nothing else to offer, so, if you don't mind, i'll just sit and enjoy it for a bit. thanks for sharing, good luck with the challenge.
Nice capture. The only thing that I would like to add is that you can improve upon this by sharpening a little... sharpen the original file ( before resizing) using USM 50,30,0
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