# Contemplating a Bath

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/contemplating-a-bath/36152>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [July 16, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/contemplating-a-bath/36152 "2023-07-16T22:54:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dennis\_Plank](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dennis_plank/32/27033_2.png) [@Dennis\_Plank](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dennis_Plank)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/contemplating-a-bath/36152/1 "2023-07-16T22:54:30Z")

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![-20230716-_A1_0445-yardbirds-Edit.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/b/1b0674217222055019399b63581125e1625437eb.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

There was some partial cloud cover this morning to diffuse the bright sun, so I went out to the blind for a while. Since the raccoon has been insisting on rearranging my pools, I thought I might as well do some myself, so I replaced the old burned bark from a stump with some moderately dark stones (light colored rocks do not work well). This was one of my favorites from this morning.

### Specific Feedback

As is usual for this kind of shot, the initial exposure was a compromise, so there were some fairly significant adjustments to the brightness of the various areas of the image. Do they still ring true?

### Technical Details

Sony A1, FE 200-600 @ 600 mm, tripod with gimbal head, f/6.3, 1/1250, iso 2500, manual exposure. Processed in LR & PS CC. Cropped to 5809x4213. Taken this morning at 10:02 under filtered sun.

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**Author:** ![David\_Schoen](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/david_schoen/32/368_2.png) [@David\_Schoen](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/David_Schoen)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/contemplating-a-bath/36152/2 "2023-07-17T02:55:55Z")

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Very nice view of this black capped chickadee. Well composed. Superb detail.

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Sparks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_sparks/32/63507_2.png) [@Allen\_Sparks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Sparks)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/contemplating-a-bath/36152/3 "2023-07-17T14:45:33Z")

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Hi Dennis,  
Nice pondering pose of the chickadee and I like the placement of the bird in the frame. Exposure and composition look good to me. He looks ready to jump in - well done.

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**Author:** ![Allen\_Brooks](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/allen_brooks/32/390_2.png) [@Allen\_Brooks](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Allen_Brooks)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/contemplating-a-bath/36152/4 "2023-07-21T22:29:48Z")

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I like the setting and overall composition. The pool looks very inviting and the pose tells a story. Nice one.