Seeking a Non-Frozen Dinner
by basssman7

Comment:
Beautiful crisp and sharp, love the frozen grass in the BG. Lovely composition.

Mponjane
by RianBotes

Comment:
Ai ai vreeslik mooi jong :) Wonder when I'm getting invited for the next trek? :)

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by dtallakson

Comment:
Wonderful image. That's photography at its best. Top Marks.

A Moment of Zen
by MaryO

Comment:
Love it and the extraordinary long shadow. A beaut! Top marks.

Desert Owl
by scooter97

Comment:
Lovely and engaging shot of a captive bird. Perfect s/s for a motionless head but motion in the wing tips. Good light. Pity about the tracking aerial/handlers thong at tail of bird and cut off wing tip. Aesthetics and personal taste.

Furry Landing (Leave Me Alone)
by Tiberius

Comment:
Great use of stop motion. Well done on your HM.

The Challenge
by karenk

Comment:
Excellent form and action. Wd on your HM

An old dog's idea of motion
by markwiley

Comment:
Excellent image, visionary. Congrats on your ribbon.

Dancing With Light
by SandyP

Comment:
Lovely crisp clean work. Not an easy subject. WD on your ribbon.

Dreams of Flight
by vawendy

Comment:
Wendy congratulations and I am happy for you for your ribbon. I am fully aware of the skill and patience needed to capture BiF but am I the only one who sees it or is brave enough to mention it? (giantmike touched on it). The PP is not your finest hour. It is heavily pixelated, so much so that actually steps can be seen in the pixels (easily visible if you increase your LCD brightness), both the background and the leading edges of the wings and white area of wing tips. Many JPG compression artefacts, haloing and odd speckles, dots above the head and leading edges of the wings. I would hazard a guess that you've "heavily" cropped the original to get the bird in the 800px frame and/or used some plugins to improve/remove flaws but in turn that has emphasised them. Typically DeNoise and Smart Sharpen or USM enhance these problems when there is low pixel quality to begin with. Regards, H.