I know exactly what you mean, and thats why I kept it..as a wildlife photographer I tend to study Laurie Campbell, not just taking biological images of birds in typical poses, but getting those more intimate shots as he does..and I love them, but, I do enter a lot of camera club competitions and federation competitions, and if you so much chop the tip off a wing you are marked down by most of the circuit judges. It would never win a comp, but photography is all about what the author likes, and if no one else does, what the hell. and with this one, I like it..
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