Neat image
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Layer in multiply, bird masked out
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Healing small spot
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Cloning out "glow" around the dove's back (from improper masking in earlier step)
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Rob - I think this is a very nice shot. With some added contrast (particularly darkening things in the feathers and darkening the sky), it probably would've scored even higher!
For all your worrying you got a great score out this one, and it deserves it. Beautiful capture of flight and to have gotten detail in all that white is a very tricky thing to do.
Beautiful capture. Awesome soft light and excellent sharpness. I find the dark area along the bottom to be a bit distracting (but only a bit) very nice shot overall.
Love the sharpness and the contrast with blue sky. Even those shades (which some might say are distracting) contribute to give some movement in this image.
Nicely done. Good job of holding the whites and bringing out the detail of the wings and good composition. Only draw back for me is the heavyness of the black at the bottom.
First Impression: a beautiful bird image
Presentation: good
What I Like: the sharp focus on the feathers
What I don’t Like: The dark splodges at the bottom
IMO, Does it meet the Challenge : yes
Composition: good
Background :would have been better if you could have got just blue sky.
Subject Placement:good
Cropping:good
Focus: excellent
Exposure: v good
Editing:good
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