Through the Willows
by vtruan

Comment by jasonlprice:
The willows are a little distracting to me, and don't enhance the subject. That is of course just my opinion. Also, I think a less centered composition would have worked better. It would have been so cool if you could have captured the goldeney in a larger "window" so that he would have been framed by the oof willows. Again, just mho and it is a great capture.

Through the Willows
by vtruan

Comment by -MK-:
not very shallow dof

Through the Willows
by vtruan

Comment by Zeus:
In my humble opinion, the DOF isn't shallow enough here.

Plover in Snow
by vtruan

Comment by fchosson:
dommage que la neige ne soit pas plus blanche !

Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
by vtruan

Comment by noraneko:
Nice, clean motion capture. Could be sharper with shorter DOF, but it works just fine.

Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
by vtruan

Comment by Cantique:
Good catch.

Plover in Snow
by vtruan

Comment by senor_kasper:
Great idea and composition, I wish the bird was a bit more in focus and the snow a bit less noisy.

Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
by vtruan

Comment by see:
I would be happy with this shot,9.

Plover in Snow
by vtruan

Comment by Antsy:
Meets the challenge. Gread idea! Sadly the background looks dull so instead of bringing out the subject, it washes it out for me.

Common Goldeneye - Bucephala clangula
by vtruan

Comment by MarcusArmani:
Wonderful Capture of the golden eye, The Female is a very striking bird unlike many of the other species...