Kestrel
by scottieham

Comment:
Nice sky and good light for the subject in this shot. Kestrels are one of my fav birds to see in flight. They make it look so effortless to fly fast and turn quickly.

Coral Cove @ sunrise
by Tammster

Comment:
This certainly reminds me of the early 1970's when I worked as a construction worker when they were first developing Singer Island. I would get to see the sunrise there every workday morning, and each week we would be another floor higher in the building we were working on. At the end of the day, I would drop the hammer and go snorkeling off the beach before going home.

magic sunset
by Lelez

Comment:
I sort of like the way the water makes a diagonal between the shoreline and the sky in this shot. The rays are good too.

morning frenzy
by vawendy

Comment:
Congrats on your new ribbon, and like JuliBoc said, it great that DPC voters are finally getting comfortable with some blur in challenge shots. This is an exceptional creation and well presented. It captures the spirit of the morning, even the rain helps.

Immature Green Heron
by Tammster

Comment:
The background sort of gives the shot a two dimensional effect. There are a lot of people who have a problem with an animal or bird shot that has clearly "human touch" items in them, aka boards, fence, buildings ect. The processing is great for detail and color contrast, however it looks a little overdone to me.
Free study challenges are the toughest, because with all the DPC'ers shooting all month and entering their best shots of the month, the bar is quite a lot higher in voting.
There is nothing really "wrong" with this shot. It's just not a great free study shot that grabs my attention and makes me want to look at it for a while to hunt for the finer details and nuances. You are fortunate to live where you can find such nice and relatively tame birds to photograph.

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by Bear_Music

Comment:
I like the grand curve of the shoreline, and the way the clouds all seem to draw me to the vanishing point on the horizon in this. The colors are sweet too.

Green Heron
by ladpupmoe

Comment:
That is a nice close up of this heron. The local ones are skittish, and will not allow me to get within 25 yards most of the time.

Kingfisher
by zeuszen

Comment:
These are busy and active little devils to get a good shot at, and you snagged this one pretty nicely. The dark BG sort of swallows up his dark wings in this shot, but the chest and head makes up for that and then some.

Waspish Love
by MaryO

Comment:
That's technically a very good shot, as well as a very interesting subject. I don't think that I have ever observed wasps exactly like these in this area.

Turkey Vulture
by scottieham

Comment:
It's difficult to photograph a black bird and not blow out the lighter parts. That 's nice sharp detail in the wing feathers.