ZORO CARDINAL - Bird Superhero
by bside123

Comment:
He's showing off. You are too. Both well justified. Thank you.

On Guard
by colorcarnival

Comment:
I like the background, it's a very suitable backdrop for the goose. Pegleg himself is a handsome bird, well suited for monochrome. Thank you.

The Elusive Scarlet Tanager
by skewsme

Comment:
This is a lovely bird that I have never seen nor heard of, so you did me a big service there, thank you. The photo's pretty good, but given that the branches are totally nude I think I'd have preferred more tanager and less branches. But who cares what I preferred? You preferred it just like this which of course makes you right! Thank you.

Target Acquired; Prepare to Dive!
by MaryO

Comment:
Nicely done to capture this raptor right at his own decisive moment. You really have depicted that moment when the hunter hangs in a balance between stalking and killing. Thank you.

Unexpected Backyard Visitor
by Nobody

Comment:
Beautiful owl. And though it doesn't at first seem so 'authentic' for the owl to be perched on whatever unnatural object that is, it actually is a perfectly real setting, well consistent with the true ways of owls. Nice picture. Thank you.

Hiking
by kaiyang

Comment:
The critter blends in nicely with the bark of the tree, which is the point of him, I guess. He rewards a longer look, because he (slowly) becomes more and more resolved as you stare at him. He even moved a bit, after a minute or so. Not a 'stunning' wildlife picture, but we've seen plenty of those before. This is a bit different, although that's faint praise and both of us know it. Thank you.

bug
by Tiberius

Comment:
I can't get over my indifference to bug pictures, but the focus in this one is just off enough to make it more interesting than most in the genre. Plus it's a very nice, appealing bug. Thank you.

seagulls in Flight...Looking for bread .
by kiwinick

Comment:
Such a strange and negligent photograph. That's two of my favourite things right there. It's also boldly incomplete, which is my other favourite thing about art. I can't say that I love it unconditionally, but I can say that it entertained and challenged me far more than most of the others. It'd have been a pretty awful picture, had it not had all those aforementioned splendid qualities. Thank you.

sleeping on a rock
by supergold

Comment:
Spectacular duck, but the photograph is perhaps sleeping along with him. I don't mean that to be as insulting as it may sound; I mean that (for me ... and for everyone who's even slightly curious, I suppose) a worthy portrait should reveal something unexpected or intimate about the subject. I think that's why you rarely see a portrait of a human subject depicted sleeping; it's excessively passive and uninformative. But the technical quality of the photography is excellent. Thank you.

Defender
by JuliusSart

Comment:
I tried to decide if I liked this or not. Liked won in the end. It's a weird wildlife picture but that's a positive as far as I'm concerned. It's quite an interesting photograph, without regard to the challenge topic, and the rascally duck or goose is just a lovely whacky inclusion that prevents it from being a static yawn-inducing landscape. So what all that amounts to is that I like all the things the picture isn't. Very much. Thank you.