Transitions
by Ivory

Comment:
Glad to see this score so high and a ribbon yet! One of my favs of the challenge. Great job.

Terminator
by GregoryB

Comment:
You all have some great bugs down under!

The Hunter
by andrewt

Comment:
Nice catch! How did you get so close as around here these guys are kind of skidish. Shot at 310mm with a non-crop sensor means pretty close.

bearded warrior
by roz

Comment:
Wonderful macro! You need to teach a class on how you always seem to find these guys and then how to shoot them. How wet do you get laying dopwn there in the grass?

American Kestrel
by lunachicken

Comment:
Love this. Great composition that would look wonderful as a large print.

Stretch
by BAMartin

Comment:
Nice take on a common bird. Very cool.

Hawk
by stargazer05766

Comment:
Love the backlight! Hard with backlight to make the bird pop. A helpful tool is a flash extender like the Better Beamer or the like. You can use fill flash set to -1 or 2 EV and get the bird to stand out better and light the eye. Sometimes I can even use my pop-up flash to get a little catch light but with a long lens its not always possible.

Steffi 4 .jpg
by LVicari

Comment:
Tough choice as I love this one but I think you chose wisely.

Crying
by LalliSig

Comment:
Very under rated. This was an amazing shot.

The Taking
by jbsmithana

Comment:

Originally posted by Brent_S: Stunning image J.B.- very well captured. Hey, you and I make not only two Washingtonians but two Smiths to ribbon this Free Study- how cool is that? Congratulations!

LOL! I missed that connection completely! Pretty cool.