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Cloned out some bright spots on the water
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A lovely edit! To start, the crop is very nice and I like that you left the foreground reeds in the frame. The processing really makes the swans radiant - they have a nice sort of glow to them - and you still have very good detail in the feathers. Very nice work!
You really did a fabulous job of pulling the details back out of the swans, and I like the border. My only suggestion would be to leave just a tad more negative space to the left - I feel like the swan is too close to the border and doesn't give enough "breathing room."
Wow, Robert, this is really incredible. The darkened background makes these birds just pop right out and look rich and elegant - like they really are. Wonderul.
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