Wood Duck
by dswann

Comment:
Love the sheen on the feathers and the colours you've captured - beautiful. This is a very documentary style shot, so I don't personally get an emotional type connection to it, which I think the best wildlife shots have.

Tranquil
by spiritualspatula

Comment:
I'm sorry, but the first thing I thought when this loaded was 'it's stuffed, not real'. So sorry if this isn't the case :(

Bashful
by patches

Comment:
Ummm... excellent feather detail and also on the red bit (whatever that bit's called), absolutely love that sheen on the feathers, but what sort of bird is it? It kinda looks a bit weird because it's beak is buried in it's feathers.

SwanTandem
by banmorn

Comment:
You've probably received heaps of comments about the tilt - I'm in the 'too much' category, sorry. Otherwise, this is a sharp, technically well done image. I think I'd've preferred portrait orientation with no tilt, but I've never seen the original shot, so wouldn't even know if this was possible.

Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
by karenk

Comment:
Wow. Just wow. Focus perfect where it needs to be, soft where it needs to be. Wing movement enough to suggest movement without being blurred to non-existence. Excellently applied vignette. My one critique is that I can see black & green horizontal lines, but only to the bottom right of the bird. One of my top scorers so far.

King of the pond
by KfirLevAri

Comment:
Interesting choice of processing. Not to my tastes personally as to me, this seems overprocessed, but to each their own. With a retro/grunge border I can see this on an arty greeting card.

Bob's birds
by Melethia

Comment:
This shot is obviously about the birds and the man feeding them, but I became so interested in the location - trying to work out what it is (a sandy beach up against a retaining wall?) that I stopped seeing it as a 'bird' image. The conversion to b&w works well I think.

Who's there !!
by KP_82

Comment:
Hullo Cocky! Great Australian bird, nice detail. The background doesn't do this shot any favours, sorry :( Love how you can see the line detail in the beak.

Lunch Hour
by Cuttooth

Comment:
I like the capture, composition and catchlight. The image seems very contrasty (is that even a word?!) on my monitors.

Dinner Time
by BikerChic

Comment:
Wow, I respect you purely for attempting a shot like this! However, I feel the focus is on the feeder instead of the bird, and the feeder takes up too much of the frame. Maybe a tighter crop? There's no way I'd ever have the patience to try this.