Gasparilla
by spydr

Comment by ytshuva:
great shot! and clouds in background are awesome.

Hawk
by spydr

Comment by GinaRothfels:
Highly underrated.

Gasparilla
by spydr

Comment by vawendy:
Very cool shot - great find!

Hawk
by spydr

Comment by SandyP:
Whoa! 5.9???? I wonder what would it take to get the score it deserves! It's perfection!

Kodak
by spydr

Comment by Barroness:
Very nice image. I like how you chose to present it. The tight crop works well, slight reflection and DOF.
Congrats HM

Kodak
by spydr

Comment by roz:
oh how appropriate .. DEPTH upside down ..
and the first thing that i absolutely loved about this was the shallow DEPTH of field ..
i think that may have been intentional which means you are not only an awesome photographer but you have imagination .. and that added indefinable something .. seeing things that most ppl dont ..
loving this in black and white btw .. very awesome .. :)

Jay
by spydr

Comment by SaraR:
Oh nice! The positioning of the acorn in the beak could ot be more perfect even if it was stage-managed. My only (tiny) criticism is the bright patch in the background above the beak. I do think that the image could cope with a bit more sharpening for display at this size, the slight softness certainly isn't a focus issue. I also wonder whether a run through Topaz deNoise would help. All that said, I really like this. 7

Kramer
by spydr

Comment by willem:
Great shapes and tones. I like the diagonal line. My favourite.

Roseate Reflection
by spydr

Comment by spydr:
Thank you everyone. A special thanks to Bear for the spell check.

Roseate Reflection
by spydr

Comment by mpeters:
What a pretty bird! Congrats!