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Nice catch. It looks the FG pheasant was posing for you.
Posted by Brian Vance on December 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Wally, this shot seems a tad choppy to me. On the one hand it is a nice, close shot of a beautiful bird with wonderful feather detail, but the composition is a bit harsh. The cropped tail feathers, the shadowy bird behind the subject and the square-shaped crop to take away from the beauty of the bird as captured. Like others before have said, though, easier said than done.
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7 repliescanon 40d tamron 200-500 set at about 300mm
I really like the male feather colors