"Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him"
by Tammster

Comment:
Hi Tammster! You needed a small sword or dagger for him to check out while you were shooting this, to connect it to the challenge a little better.
Nice looking bird, and that's a good pose. The wrinkles in his face make it look like this was processed a little "hard", but they do look that way from some angles ,esp with flash.
My Jules says "Howdy, bird!"

P1000594copy
by spiritualspatula

Comment:
Nice perspective shot. Somehow I seem to be waiting for the scarecrow from the "Wizard of Oz" to pop out of the corner. : )
No need to "crop" this one, it's already a crop. Ok, it was a corny joke.

Message edited by author 2010-09-29 00:16:37.

P1000600
by spiritualspatula

Comment:
That's a grand looking cloud. I like the way the light falls off from R to L in this. The lighting poles seem to be set in a curve, maybe an off ramp or something like that. They add a good element to connect the ground to the sky in this. The "birds" are ok with me, because I keep a few in my camera too.

RADIANCE IN BLOOM
by eyeart

Comment:
These things are always a treat for a camera. I like the different point of view for this one.

bite me
by daisydavid

Comment:
The eye contact is the strong point in this shot. Nicely done, and B&W helps keep it simple.

Prowl
by cgino

Comment:
This is a fine panning shot. The overall motion blur makes Mr.Tiggs' head and eyes grab your attention. B&W keeps the distraction that color would cause under control too. He looks like a content kitty.

4381
by jdannels

Comment:
This is nice! It must have been pretty hazy over the mountains for the moon to not overpower the whole scene with it's brightness. This is all nice and sharp. It took me a minute to figure out that there is a plateau below you in this. At first I thought that it was just a rock that you were standing on, then I saw the details like the three posts on it,.

Egrets
by PennyStreet

Comment:
The texture of the rocks give this one some texture to look at. I like the reflections of the birds in the water in this.

A Ray of Sunshine
by Luci11e

Comment:
Hi Lorie! I am not sure what went wrong with this in the voting, but I would have given it at least a 5.5 or so. I have found that keeping the subject very simple helps with scoring here at DPC. That may have been the situation with this one.

After the Hurricane
by vawendy

Comment:
The hot color works for the DPC voters I see. I like this too, for composition as well as the strong color. Congrats on your new ribbon!