Violet-green Swallow
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Comment by KarenNfld:
What a cool looking bird. I've never seen one up close. Excellent colours.

Violet-green Swallow
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Comment by luckyluciano:
omg this bird is so cute!!!! love the pic! great job!

Violet-green Swallow
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Comment by MaryO:
Love the detail on the Swallow; they are lovely birds. Background is softly complementary.

Violet-green Swallow
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Comment by onepurplerose:
What a beauty! I love bird shots.

Violet-green Swallow
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Comment by chellezfotoz:
Very nice!

Violet-green Swallow
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Comment by Jutilda:
Beautifully lit. What a sweet little guy. Love your background. In a perfect world, we'd be able to see the entire bird, but I know how hard that is.

Violet-green Swallow
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Comment by Qiki:
Nice work.

Brume of Riverbend East
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Comment by bewit:
Somehow I missed that you entered this one. Probably because I'm not overly fond of the style but I really like your shot and I'm not a fan of B&W.

Brume of Riverbend East
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Comment by ace flyman:
Critique Club:

I'm really not a fan of Edward Weston for the most part so this is going to be tough for me. If I try to compare your image to his style I would say he had more contrast/darker tones though out his images. To me your image has little to much gray through out. Portrait style landscape works some times. I feel it didn't so much here. Reviewing it on it's own merit I think it's a good shot. I like the composition using the two trees to keep you focused inside the image. The b&w conversion is good. The bell curve score I feel pretty much sums it up. I didn't vote in this challenge. If I did it would had been a 6 mostly because there is no 5.5 button...Lol. All in all in my opinion it's a nice shot.......ace

Brume of Riverbend East
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Comment by jayzundel:
very nice, front page