# Tom Strut

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tom-strut/40192>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** birds\
**Created:** [March 10, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tom-strut/40192 "2024-03-10T15:32:21Z")\
**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:** [March 10, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tom-strut/40192/1 "2024-03-10T15:32:21Z")

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![TOM.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/8/b/8b14ccfb2806905b83a8f6bd19ac1e60c5cd7136.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 had the pleasure of observing this tom strutting his stuff out back yesterday afternoon. I am always amazed at their transformation from an ordinary looking thing to this stunning look. The nearby hens always appear to completely ignore the show.

### Specific Feedback

Should I have cloned out that stump on the right? It’s human evidence but does it matter here?

### Technical Details

Z9, 180-600 lens, Nikon 1.4 TC, 1/2000th, f 9.0, 930mm, ISO 10000, monopod, cropped to 5392 x 3592

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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:** [March 10, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tom-strut/40192/2 "2024-03-10T15:40:56Z")

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Excellent depth of field, Dave and you even managed to make the eye show up reasonably well, a real challenge in large birds like this.

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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:** [March 10, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tom-strut/40192/3 "2024-03-10T16:18:40Z")

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Nice displaying pose with good colors and detail. No problem, for me, with the stump.

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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:** [March 10, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/tom-strut/40192/4 "2024-03-10T17:31:39Z")

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Hi Dave, good details on the bird with sharpness throughout. Fine colors. The stump does draw my eye some.