eagle9.JPG
by icu1965

Comment:
I am not sure what I would do about the shadow across the image here. It looks like the shadow of a telephone pole because it is straight. You were shooting in tough conditions with the huge contrast of the snow and the bird, and overcast, and you made it look pretty good. You didn't post shooting info with this shot. I have found that at 300 mm, I have to shoot at 1/1500 or faster to get sharp hand held images. I also noticed that my favorite birding glass, the 300 4.5 Nikkor is not as sharp as I would like it to be when shooting at 4.5, so I have to stop down to 5.6.
That's why I use a monopod for most of my tele shots.

Lizard
by Dominic146

Comment:
Nice job of PP to reduce sat for this item. The muted colors bring out the detail in the skin and eyes, and that is also helped by the shallow DOF from the 2.8.

Robin
by SaraR

Comment:
This robin looks very tiny compared to the ones that I see here in Florida. I like the close up look of this shot, and the wire is a nice perch, as it gives a good sense of scale to the birds size. The blue and totally blurred BG is right for this too.

Did you hear the one about the Great Blue Heron?
by fldave

Comment:
This is a nice shot of the curlew at home. I would bump up saturation a little to get the dark green in the hyacinths to show up a little stronger.
These are white ibis, and the one with the brown is a young one, at least that is what the old timers here in the glades say.

On Schedule
by kwiktor

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon! You know what sells LOL.
Well done.

Solar Halo
by cgino

Comment:
This is just too cool. I have always wanted to see one of these. We get parts of them in this area, but I have never seen a full circle like this. You were fortunate to have the 10-20 mm with you so that you could get the whole scene the way you did.

NYC - Mini Planet
by mwwback

Comment:
This is pretty cool. You chose a great pov to use for this, making the flag and pole a leading line into the middle of the image.

Fractured
by SaraR

Comment:
That's kind of cool. I think that I would have posted it the other side up, just for grins LOL. I like the color in this shot too.

Butterfly.jpg
by fldave

Comment:
This is a good clear shot of this Soldier butterfly. They are a treat to see and to photograph.

Terminator
by GregoryB

Comment:
There is grand detail in this shot. Congrats on the ribbon and a fine image.