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Hawk and Cardinal
« on: February 18, 2010, 01:24:06 AM »

I updated from PS Elements 5 to PS Elements 8. These are the first two images PP in 8.

Red-tailed Hawk (Sky in original image was blown out)


Northern Cardinal (a lot of cloning of small twigs below the perch)
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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2010, 01:25:32 AM »
Nice shots, well done.
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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2010, 01:48:40 AM »
Loverly shots. The Cardinal is very impressive, brilliant reds.

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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2010, 02:44:29 AM »
Stunning!
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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2010, 11:40:19 PM »
Love the wildlife stuff... the lighting on the cardinal is superb.... john
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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2010, 06:25:10 PM »
Nicely done!

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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2010, 06:30:38 AM »
wow gorgeous. nice shots.
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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2010, 11:16:03 PM »
Very nice Peter.

Love the side/back lighting on the cardinal. 

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Re: Hawk and Cardinal
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2010, 08:08:12 PM »
No.2 for me with those beautiful reds; good images.