Just before take off
by Rando D300

Comment:
The focus on the bird's head is a bit soft. A catchlight in the eyes would have made his face stand out more. I really like the reflection in the water.

Landing Swan
by benhur

Comment:
The focus on the swan's head is a little soft, and most of the bird is underexposed. Good catch, though.

Concentration
by p3wiz

Comment:
The blurry rocks in the foreground seem to dominate the image without contributing much aesthetic value. I think that a tighter crop would have improved this image.

American Goldfinch
by Links 2 3 4

Comment:
I'd have liked to see the separation between the bird and the background more clearly defined. A shallower DOF might have helped with this somewhat. If you hue shifted the yellow channel you could probably move the color of the branches in the background closer to green and the bird more toward yellow. In any case, this is one of the better portrait-style bird pictures that I've seen in the challenge so far.

soaring serenity
by Beetle

Comment:
The focus is rather soft

"Birds Beak View"
by briphoto

Comment:
The DOF is a little too shallow for my taste; I'd prefer to have the bird's eye be in focus as well. This might have had a bit more impact if you'd have bumped up the saturation a bit.

Flamingos
by mkirdal

Comment:
This image lacks a clear point of interest.

Lonely Dove
by DefyTime

Comment:
The subject is underexposed. With some cameras you may need to place the subject in the center of the viewfinder, depress the shutter halfway, (and while keeping the shutter depressed) and re-frame the shot to get the camera to expose for the correct item.

I'm not looking.....
by agwright

Comment:
Although I'd be interested in seeing versions with a larger DOF, my only real criticism is the single blade of grass jutting into the bottom of the frame.

Love Birds
by FrostyPaws

Comment:
If I could be convinced that this took more than 5 minutes to find the curio, place it by the window, shoot it, edit the picture and submit it I'd be more inclined to give it a higher score.