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Your large version isn't any larger then the small size. You might check it (1200px on the long dimension). A really nice pose on a good perch. It's pretty dark on the shadow side so not much detail is visible. Perhaps some dodging is in order.

Hi Adam. I agree with John's comments. If you are shooting in RAW, you should be able to recover some of the shadowed area in your RAW editor. Great perch and pose and the bug is always a nice touch.

Nice pose, but the light was not helping you here. The shadowed side of the bird would have benefited from some subtle fill flash to help show some of the details. You might be able to bring some of the detail out in post processing, but it will never be the same as getting it in the camera. There is a cloning artifact showing up in the upper right part of the image.

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