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Posted by Chris Fagyal on Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:00 pm

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This Eastern Kingbird was taken earlier this summer. I was driving slowly through Sherburne NWR and this guy just started singing out of the blue. I didn't even notice him until I was basically on top of him. Opened up the window, aimed, and shot. Literally was so close I almost could have touched him.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:29 pm
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by Lillian Roberts on Tue Sep 23, 2003 4:49 pm
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Neat shot, and neat story. Thanks for sharing!
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by AlexC on Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:08 pm
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That is pretty close!!! Very nice!!! 8)
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by Bob Ettinger on Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:27 pm
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Chris,

Nice closeup.
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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:47 pm
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Nice shot. The exposure looks good and the open mouth is a big bonus.
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by Ken Newcombe on Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:50 pm
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Very nice, an unusal look at a King bird closeup.
 

by Anthony Medici on Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:01 pm
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A wee bit soft but very nice action. :)
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by E.J. Peiker on Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:58 pm
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Nice pose and the open bill is great - there is a bit of muddying in the dark plumage presumably due to trying to gain some detail back through sharpening.
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by Alan Murphy on Tue Sep 23, 2003 8:01 pm
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Great shot Chris. Nice BG. A little soft.
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by Jim Probst on Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:30 pm
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The detail, pose and background are outstanding! Excellent image!
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by Dennis Olivero on Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:56 pm
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Cool action shot Chris. Way to go..
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Pretty cool! I agree with E.J.'s muddying comment in the blacks.
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The bird looks great against that wonderful background, but the bird itself seems a little soft. Not sure why, though. Great catch of the open bill.
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This one is certainly close.....and with the open bill it's great.
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by Chris Fagyal on Wed Sep 24, 2003 3:12 pm
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I believe I made a post-processing mistake in that the original was over 120k just slightly so I had to re-open and re-save and in that process of re-saving a jpeg file at a slightly higher compression rate I lost detail/sharpness as I forgot to re-sharpen. The original file is not soft like this one is. Matter of fact it is so sharp that I used very little sharpening at all on it.
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by NDCheryl on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:55 pm
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