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Posted by Jim Neely on Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:41 pm

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Loggerhead Shrike

Found this guy fresh out of the shower in a tree near the nest. He/she was pretty cooperative and didn't get excited at the cars fairly close.

20D,500/4L IS + 1.4X TC II, 550EX + BB @ -1 1/3, Groofwinpod + BH1 + Sidekick (from the car), ISO 400, incident metering, manual mode, 1/200 @ f/8, cropped from horizontal to verticle.

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by Gearoid on Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:47 pm
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Hi Jim, Nice shot. I like the perch (simple and effective) and the pose is good too (looks really intent on something off screen). The soaked plumage is a nice touch as well.

My only nit, is that it seems a bit washed out on my screen (It's probably just my screen as I often get replies telling me that my posts are too dark). If it happens to be the image though, you should be easily able to fix it.

Other than that I loved it.

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by Gearoid on Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:54 pm
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My sincerest apologies Jim, I've just gone and checked it out on a Desktop and the colours are fine. Please ignore above posting :oops: :oops: :oops:

Now I just have to figure out what is going on with my laptop. Possibly just been staring at it for too long.

Sorry about that.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:58 pm
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Gorgeous shot, Jim. This is not a happy bird, and I know the feeling when you inadvertently take a dousing. I would be tempted to change the catchlights from blue to light gray.
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by Cindy Marple on Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:42 pm
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Drowned rat!! what a fun capture. Nicely composed. It looks a bit washed out to me too, some curves or saturation boost might help.
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by Alan Melle on Mon Apr 25, 2005 11:29 pm
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A fine shot! Sandy mentioned about the only thing I'd change and that is the tiny bit of steel eye look. Very nice!
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by mrhughj on Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:20 am
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What a mess, Jim????????????? Nicely timed.

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by LHays on Tue Apr 26, 2005 6:05 am
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I don't have any shrikes so I'd take on any way I could get one. Nice "wet one"!!
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by KK Hui on Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:11 am
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Well composed. Perhaps a little darker ...
Nice one, Jim!
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by jayparedes on Tue Apr 26, 2005 11:11 am
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That's one unhappy bird. Nice capture.
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