Western Kingbird Raindance
by lunachicken

Comment by Prism:
This is great! Love the detail on the bird and that you captured the little pieces of grass or straw in the bird's mouth. I think I would have liked to see a little more ground at the bottom but with moving birds, you sometimes can't completely get everything you want...lol.

Initial Cut
by lunachicken

Comment by citymars:
I was struck by the b&w version, but I think I prefer the color. A strong photo.

PS: Don't do it! :-)

Dunno
by lunachicken

Comment by BlueZamia:
I'm not usually a fan of borders, but this works very well

Hoody
by lunachicken

Comment by lunachicken:
Yah, used the onboard flash. Really wasn't expecting to get a good picture, just was playing with him in his car seat before we left and got lucky :p

Hoody
by lunachicken

Comment by Germaine:
Wonderful shot. You really captured a great expression on the child's face. Did you use flash? The lighting seems a little harsh, but still nice work.

Malachi
by lunachicken

Comment by lunachicken:
Thanks! I had a feeling it wouldn't do as well just like you said, cause of all the "wow" pics in free study. As for the shirt and bats and all, they were arranged, as well as could be anyway. He is laying on his Nightmare Before Christmas blanket, and I had to get fairly in his face to get him to look at me heh. (and to Angela_Packard he is 17 weeks)

Malachi
by lunachicken

Comment by robinssong:
Wow! I think this is great! 4.5??? It's hard to believe. Maybe because there were so many "WOW" entries in the challenge. I didn't do so well either. :)
The expression and the two bats really look right together. Maybe you could try cloning out the bit of gray in the corner and burning a bit to create vignette.

A great first entry!

Malachi
by lunachicken

Comment by edmeng:
I donĂ¢€™t if it was intentional but alien on the t-shirt; bats on the background and scary face of a child are all play good together. 8

Malachi
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Comment by Chinarosepetal:
That's a grand name for the lad :)

Malachi
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Comment by ursula:
He's cute :)