The view from the front row.

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The Egret is watching the two Ospreys in flight school. The shot was also taken from the Zodiac, from just behind the Conn. River, on Aug. 1 at 8:45AM. Thank you for stopping by.
Peter

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Canon R5, Canon 100-500mm & 1.4ext, 700mm, f10, -1.3EV, 1/1600, ISO 1000 and cropped by 10% in DXO PhotoLab 7. I had to clone out around 20 dead pixels, for some reason the camera went dum, lucky for me this cleared up after power down. I did clone one shot spot in the upper right corner.
Peter

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Hi Peter, I like the setting here with all the greenery shown especially on the left. Thinking a crop from the right to move the bird off center may help. Whites look under control and the sharpness looks good. Bird contrasts nicely with the rest of its surroundings.

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Nice catch, Peter. I agree with a crop from the right and while you’re at it, this feels to me as if it could use a bit of counter-clockwise rotation. That bird seems a bit tilted.

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Hi Allen & Dennis
This is what I was going to post, until I decide to open the shot up. Thank you for your comments.
Peter

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Nice, Peter. I do prefer this version.

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Yep, nice job on the recrop Peter. It just seems to have a more balanced look for me. Great job keeping the whites white and the greens nice and dark green.

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Ed: I like your re-do as it emphasizes your subject much moe. The whites, colors and detail are all fine.

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Hi Dennis, Ed & Richard.
Thank you for the comments. As Ed knows already, After seeing some master photographers present photographs with more open space than I would normally use, I thought I would give it a go.
Peter

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Off-center composition in the repost works great. Great light and beautiful perch makes this image for me.

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Hi Sandipan
Thank you for your comment.
Peter