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Posted by Ken Newcombe on Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:02 pm

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I watched this chick preen with the rest of the family. It would swivel it's head 180 degrees at times reminding me of an owl. The angle and color of the light rendered the bird more black than blue. I tried various crops before coming up with this one, the normal cropping rules are difficult to apply in this case.

Softened the BG noise with Neat Image and croped 30%.

500mm f4.5
1/350 sec, f/5.6
Exp comp: -1/2
ISO: 400
Flash: External E-TTL High speed sync
Flash exp comp: +1/2 BB

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by Dennis Olivero on Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:11 pm
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Neat shot Ken, I like the different pose.. Techs are nailed. Good going..
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by NDCheryl on Fri Sep 26, 2003 8:19 pm
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Cool shot. this is a really different and interesting pose.
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by KK Hui on Fri Sep 26, 2003 9:05 pm
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Just excellent, Ken! :lol:
Love the twisted head turn. The crop is good too ...
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by Harvey Edelman on Fri Sep 26, 2003 9:34 pm
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That's some turn of the head. I hope he didn't hurt himself :) . Teriffic pose and technicals are right on.
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by Laura Stiefel on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:04 pm
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Really cute and appropriate title. :) This is a neat shot of a behavior I have never seen.
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by E.J. Peiker on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:06 pm
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What a cool shot - amazing head turn.
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by Alan Murphy on Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:21 pm
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Ken,

What a great shot. The behavior is awesome. It looks light overall to me. Cool shot.
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by Jim Probst on Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:19 pm
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Ken,

I really like the unique pose you captured! Nicely done!
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by AlexC on Sat Sep 27, 2003 6:00 am
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Lovely bird and nice rubber neck!!! Congrats!!! 8)
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by Juli Wilcox on Sat Sep 27, 2003 5:14 pm
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This is so soft and lovely. The crop looks good to me; I like all of it!
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by Sandy Mossberg on Sat Sep 27, 2003 5:42 pm
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That's funny, Ken. What a wonderful shot. The bird is tack sharp.
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by Bill Keown on Sat Sep 27, 2003 8:11 pm
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Unique pose well captured. Nicely made.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:30 pm
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All has been said so nothing to add to the technicals, which are great in my opinion. Crop looks fine to me.
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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Sun Sep 28, 2003 9:38 pm
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Great head position and lovely sheen to the feathers
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by Richard on Mon Sep 29, 2003 9:12 am
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Beautiful image! Excellent in every way, love the pose. Very nice!
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by Anthony Medici on Tue Sep 30, 2003 6:14 pm
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Cool pose. At first glance I was wondering if I could come up with a better composition but you're right, it's tough on this one. :) Good work.
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