I went to the island to get some bird & sunrise photos, but it was too cloudy to see the sun. This bird was apparently curious about us! Zoom equivalent to 380mm, but he was often within flash range. While the background colors are dull, I like this photo because I've not seen one like it before.
Post processing - no cropping - Levels, saturation, unsharp mask, despeckle
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A large bird such as this needs a lot of room to stretch out; nevertheless, I wonder whether the shot might be better framed with some of the left cropped. I would be tempeted to apply a bit more unsharp mask to get strengthen the textural contrast between the foreground and background. The photo has much to commend it, but to me it feels very unfinished.
excellent work! this is one of those shots that are so easy to take for granted, until you try to do it yourself. the composition is fantastic and the capture is priceless. i really hope this isn't overlooked, and that others will take the time to appreciate this. good luck!
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