# Splish Splash

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/splish-splash/47622>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** non-nature\
**Created:** [August 3, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/splish-splash/47622 "2025-08-03T15:13:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Dave\_Douglass](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/dave_douglass/32/5332_2.png) [@Dave\_Douglass](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Dave_Douglass)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/splish-splash/47622/1 "2025-08-03T15:13:32Z")

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![BATH.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/7/1/71f99d21df515346e1c3e8c654b470368470e056.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

I caught this moment of a black-headed grosbeak taking a bath.

### Specific Feedback

Cropping? Anything? I already desaturated the BG. Does it want more?

### Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, monopod, 1/1600th, f 8.0, 525mm, iSO 2500, cropped to 3778 x 2966

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**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/splish-splash/47622/2 "2025-08-03T17:14:34Z")

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Nice capture! I love the shapes of the water spilling out of the dish. I think the BG is a bit too dominant. It might do with a bit more desaturation or darkening, and you could mitigate it a bit by cropping from the top about 1/3 of the way to the bird’s head.

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**Author:** ![framingtheuntamed](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/framingtheuntamed/32/80226_2.png) [@framingtheuntamed](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/framingtheuntamed)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/splish-splash/47622/3 "2025-08-03T21:30:15Z")

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Love the capture! The water droplets are super! I agree with Diane. Too much BG. Cropping would cure it! Nice work!

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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:** [August 4, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/splish-splash/47622/4 "2025-08-04T17:16:45Z")

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Great splashes in this frame, Dave. I third the idea of cropping a bit.