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John, you did a great job catching him on take off. I would prefer not as tight a crop, and allow him more room to fly away. I do like the tree and grass for a background. Nice.
Nice take off pose. I like the wing and body position. Yes it could be sharper especially in the head. I think the blue plumage and the green background is considerably oversaturated.
Thanks to all. Believe I’ve addressed most suggestions. Have been spending more time in my “bird tent” in order to catch the birds with good wing spread.
A nice shot, John. I’m not noticing the motion blur unless I look very critically, so it’s not bothering me. I do prefer the bird in the second version, but the tree in the background is starting to get rather bright looking.