IMG_2205
by yanko

Comment:
You really should move your finger away from the front of your lens before taking a picture. You don't know much about photography do you? ;)

Into the Great Wide Open
by Melethia

Comment:
My entering is dying down again and I havent really voted in a while. I do a quick surf through the challenges looking to see if something grabs my eye. I add a fave here and there to acknowledge the image but I haven't had much time for commenting - even on the images that strike me. This morning I decided to look through my faves. It is funny how I can fave an image in challenge and then I don;t go back to my fave folder for a while. And when I do it;s like seeing a challenge full of images that I love. Not a dud in the bunch. This morning though as I checked my two scores (which I am stunned are as high as they are) and then hit my fave folder and this one stuck out. Well two stuck out actually for very different reasons. This one gave me a refreshing sigh. It made me think that this is what I want today and that today I will actually get it. Not that I am down or that I long for an uplifting moment. Far from it. But that I am so looking forward to today. And this image exemplifies what I expect and not just what I wish. I love this image.

And the other image, which struck me as much as yours for very similar but very different reasons, depicts what I expect at the end of the day. Not with a sense of dread but looking forward to it as well as my day of swinging comes to an end. ;)

Ruffled Feathers
by patches

Comment:
I only get to see rose breasted grosbeaks once or twice a year as they migrate through. And I have never gotten a good shot of them. This is lovely.

Final Dance Of The Bird Men
by rooum

Comment:
Havent been voting here lately so I never even saw this version. I too prefer the b&w and non square crop.

The Man From Isca And The Silver Circus
by rooum

Comment:
Wish I had voted. Lovely.

Waiting My Turn
by njsabs

Comment:
Rowan is having her first ballet recital next friday and her dress rehearsal is today. I am hoping to capture something along these lines of her and one of her friends as well. I love this image. The light is lovely. What did you have on camera left? Just a reflector?

Spring Fever
by h2

Comment:
My hope is that you just start entering crap for a while until I can get my mojo back. I am struggling over here.

Oh yeah - lovely image Oliver. Congrats on the HM. ;)

Shine
by h2

Comment:
Well done Oliver. (Dang it!!!)

Prophesy
by Alicia

Comment:
I swore I had faved this in challenge. DQ or not it is still such a lovely image.

Fear Of Letting Go
by jagar

Comment:
Fascinating location and image.