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by MikeO

Comment by jgal76:
I think the border hurts this image. My eyes are pulled to that instead of the great capture of the bird.

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Comment by BobsterLobster:
What a great photo, shame it's ruined by a gratuitous and distracting border.

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Comment by MikeO:
Ah well, it takes all sorts Gordon!

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Comment by geewhy:
Meant to mention..."it`s a bit blurry..isn`t it" ????

Cracking up at that one. I don`t think that there`s enough wrong in the images for some people.They have to start inventing things to complain about, but complaining about blur in a motion blur challenge is taking it too far.

Gordon

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Comment by MikeO:
Thanks for the comments. The original had a shadow from another bird that spoilt it for me so I adjusted it using curves in psp7. It came out ok but I understand why some people dont like the shot. Both my wife and daughter told me not to alter and submit the original!

thanks again
mike

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Comment by geewhy:
I agree with John Setzler & Gordon, this image has a lot going for it.
Pity some can`t seem to see that over or underexposing can be used to effect.

Good work Mike.

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Comment by carlacryptic:
Great framing and detail - 8

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Comment by Dim7:
very nice 8

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Comment by ButterflySis:
Fantastic! Great colors and sharpness. I really like how the bg is blurred and almost white. It really puts the focus on the bird. The small branch is a little distracting, but not too bad. I think it should stay because it really shows that he's on a branch and not just an unidentifiable 'straight line' across the photo.

I'm not overally crazy about the faded border...

Overall, super shot! Wish I could vote because I'd give you a 9!

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Comment by Patoch:
Nice ! it looks like a painting ...