Fresh Catch update

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Description

I was at the Historic Canoa Ranch south of Green Valley AZ where they have a small pond. This Egret is there off and on most of the year. I wanted to see how the Canon 2x extender would do with the lens I had. I also wanted to see how the new custom camera settings would work with birds.

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I always have trouble with very bright birds, I did lower the highlights. Suggestions welcome

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Canon r6ii RF 200-800 RF 2x Extender. 1/1250 f/22 (one full stop from wide) ISO 2000 I was using a strong tripod setup.

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Hi Dean
The eye is sharp, but most of the white detail is missing. High whites are weak point with that lens. You could look at a -.5 to -1.5 EV with Egrets and other white birds.
The photograph work and the framing is nice.
Peter

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Nice shot, Dean. Whites are always difficult, but they look good in this image. Sometimes you can avoid that bluish look by warming the image just a bit. To my eye, they always look a bit better if they’re slightly warm. You caught a really good moment and detail in the bird looks very good.

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The whites look detailed to me, Dean. As @Dennis_Plank mentioned warming it up a tad would help and would lessen the harshness of the light. Nicely caught and great bird.

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I agree on the comments about the whites. I think there is still more detail to be found. Lovely details around the eye.

I would consider a bit of counter-clockwise leveling. If you have a little more room on top, that would be another version.

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Thanks for the feedback, @David_Bostock , @Dennis_Plank , @Glenys_Passier , and @Peter_Morrissey. I made some of the changes suggested.

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Great job on the repost, Dean.

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