ps: on a second look I’ll give you one degree away on the egret head angle. But it still works fairly well. I do remember wishing for one more degree toward us 🙂

Hey Joe, Thanks for chiming in. I disagree on both. The head angle for the spoonbill-with the bird relatively distant which gave me some extra d-o-f, is perfect for me, about three degrees towards us. I did lighten the face a bit; it looks fine to me as presented. The situation with the egret was different in that I was much closer to the subject. Had the bird turned its head three degrees toward me the bill tip would have been well out of focus. With that image, I see the bird’s head perfectly square to the imaging sensor, perfect for that situation. I see both the eye and the bill tip in sharp focus.

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