Yellow Rumped Warbler
by scottieham

Comment:
Great little bird! Nicely framed by the branches and the yellow in the background is a nice echo of the yellow on the bird.

Female Hairy Woodpecker
by scottieham

Comment:
Hard to tell from this angle; I usually look at head shape and relative bill size (Hairys that I see have longer bills than Downys). That's if the size difference isn't blatant enough for me to tell right off (and it usually is). But then I usually see them at my birdfeeders so they're pretty close and differences are easy to see.

The crop here isn't that bad (the bird's eye looks nice and sharp), but you did get cyan fringing along various edges. Since there are few colors in the scene I might try B&W.

skink2.jpg
by rodneyg

Comment:
Aww, he's a cute little lizard :-) Love all the detail; great pattern in those scales.

A Set of Spoons
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
They look quite relaxed. The ones on the ends are even making eye contact, I think. Pretty cool birds (I only see them in the zoo).

Gray Catbird
by scottieham

Comment:
Catbird looks good (kinda' young with that fluffy head); great detail in the eye, especially. Should be pretty easy to clone out the bright twigs; alternatively, you could color them or make them darker so they blended into the background more.

Gull
by scottieham

Comment:
Nice portrait. You could crop even closer if you wanted; he's kind of centered. I think I'd lop off enough on the left so he had about as much room there as he has on the top now.

Tri-Color Heron
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
That neck just goes on FOREVER, doesn't it? Cool bird.

Broad Wing 2
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
I was going to say he looked dark in the face, but Huey just woke up and calibrated my monitor so he looks much better ;-) Actually less fierce than hawks usually seem.

hanging out.jpg
by rodneyg

Comment:
They always make me smile with their legs and "arms" up in the air like that. Guess they must have a pretty good sense of balance!

Turkey Vulture
by scottieham

Comment:
Still looks suitably vulturish. Not the most attractive birds, are they? Like the wing tips, though.