Mourning Dove

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Critique Style Requested: Standard

The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

Description

I went out in the backyard this morning to spend a little time seeing what I could see and this mourning dove flew in for me.

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Cropping? Anything else?

Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/1000th, f 9.0, 1170mm, ISO 20000, cropped to 3408 x 2556.

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Nice job on the dove, Dave. It’s very nicely exposed with good eye contact. I do find the blown surroundings rather distracting.

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Nice pose on the dove with a lovely eye. Shooting angle seems nice and low. I could see darkening the brighter surroundings.

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Hi Dave
I like the low angle and eye contact. I downloaded the photograph into DXO PhotoLab and then used Nik 7 Color Efex, Vignette Filters & Blurring on it. Hope you don’t mind.
Peter

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Looks good that way. Thanks.

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Hi Dave
Every time I do something like this, I cross my fingers. I am glad you like it.
Peter