Hold my hand
by Neat

Comment by streetpigeon:
Like vaudevillians hoofing with their shadows offstage. So much enjoyable rhythm and movement here, the couple and the planking and the water. Lovely tones and contrasts. Excellent black and white.

Hold my hand
by Neat

Comment by mitalapo:
nice crop

Hold my hand
by Neat

Comment by roz:
yes .. !!! .. one of my favs in the challenge .. i'm just loving .. to pieces .. the silhouette .. so good .. and the emotive quality this image has .. the shadow is sublime .. even that they are walking out of the frame .. such a no no in the rules of photography .. pooh pooh to that .. this totally works .. :)

Hold my hand
by Neat

Comment by spencelg:
Great use of bw. My pick for yellow.

Camera
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Comment by Neat:

Originally posted by roz: well .. ... you win some and you lose some .. seeing it's a very rare event that one if your photos does poorly .. this result will keep your feet on the ground .. mixing with us lesser mortals .. !! .. ;)

Yes thank you I don’t want to win them all, neither indeed can I...need to keep my feet firmly on the ground :-)

And I would hardly call you a lesser mortal :-)

Camera
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Comment by roz:
well .. ... you win some and you lose some .. seeing it's a very rare event that one if your photos does poorly .. this result will keep your feet on the ground .. mixing with us lesser mortals .. !! .. ;)

Evening falls
by Neat

Comment by roz:
i feel bad that i havent commented on this .. even tho after i saw it it stayed in my head .. its just one of those images .. memorable .. as its very very beautiful .. and like i said on the one you didnt put in .. the focus on the eye is fantastic .. i think i would have to take over a hundred photos of birds to get one in focus like that .. in fact i did ... !! .. ;)
anyway ... congrats on the 5th place .. not too shabby .. lol .. :)

Evening falls
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Comment by SandyP:
This is beautiful! I love photographing these birds and actually had one to enter on the last day, but was stumped by the software saying it wasn’t taken within the dates. By the time I learned how to override it, I missed the deadline. I’m glad this beautiful creature was represented in the top 5!! :)

Evening falls
by Neat

Comment by tanguera:
Those wings look like a dress!!!

The weather outside
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Comment by Neat:

Originally posted by posthumous: Beautiful rain. It would be nice to know your shutter speed.

Thanks Don. Shutter speed was 1/1600. I worked out when shooting in the rain to have it over 1/1000 that way the rain is more defined.