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This is a male House Finch. I find it interesting that they will hang

around on the electrical wires but very few of them actually come down

to the perches. There are more females that actually show up around

the perches and feeders. The males seem content to just watch.

A very nice blend of colors and textures. Depth of field choice is perfect. This is one of my favorite new images from you.

Terrific landscape with wonderful leading lines and form. You've done a really good job with the detail. Very nice contrast with the background mountains. This is nicely composed.

A beautiful waterfall image. I really like the way you have handled the processing. Good job with the color transitions. Perfect exposure.

This is a small waterfall very close to Wahclella Falls, and image of

which I posted yesterday and is in this folder. This is in the

Columbia Gorge region of Oregon.

The adults Turkey Vulture can have a wingspan of just under 2 m. They

are fairly large birds and typically weigh in the neighborhood of 2

kg. This image was taken at a wildlife refuge in southern Washington,

the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. I was there twice over the

last week. Each time I saw Turkey Vultures. Several of them flew

within 10 m of my car and I was impressed with their size.

A nice waterfall in the Columbia Gorge in Oregon not too far from

Portland. One need to get there very early to avoid the crowds.

Hummingbirds are pretty funny at times and this one just approached me

and sort of stood there in this position.

This male juvenile American Goldfinch was in the deep shade with a

sunlit background this morning around 7 AM. As a result, I had a slow

shutter speed of about a 60th of a second and there was a fraction of

movement. This gives a slight painterly presentation which is a little

different from my typical work.

Taken a few years ago but newly processed. This is a male Rufous

resting on a young Maple perch.

For me, the yellow ceiling mirrors the central darker yellow smaller shape and also mirrors the golden tones throughout the stair patterns.  As an abstract image, I do not find the larger yellow shape to be a distraction.  

This is very nice with very pleasing colors and textures; different from the previous image.

This is my favorite of the series.  Nice composition.

The lighting in this and your other image that you submitted to the last day or so is wonderful. These are very original images. Bravo. Well done.

Very interesting. I really like the rotational motion effect that you've achieved here (or so it seems)

This was taken at the same time as a previously posted image which is

also in this gallery. This is just another wing position. You can

decide which one you like better. They are similar except for the wing

position.

I have a Cotoneaster Bush is covered with bees of different varieties

in the late spring. This was taken with a macro lens handheld. I was

really surprised at how difficult it was to get everything in focus. I

must have shot at least 100 images to get this one shot in reasonably

good focus. But I think it is worth it. It was fun to do.

Honeysuckle is a real Hummingbird attractant. It is so fragrant. It

drives the hummingbirds crazy. And it's the perfect shape for their beaks.

There is another image of this interaction in this folder. I processed

this image today for the first time and was surprised at the level of

detail in the image. The first image has a much more personal level of

interaction which is why I did not process this one initially. This

one does have interesting wing positions. Thanks for your thoughts.

This goldfinch was perching on the Clematis earlier this season before

it bloomed. I caught it in some very nice morning sunlight.

This is a juvenile American goldfinch. Even though it is very close to

one of my feeders, it prefers to eat the Clematis. Several juveniles

were tearing the flowers apart and eating them. It was fun to watch.

The subtleties really bring out the beauty

Very nice color and background

Very nice effect with the wings on this image. I like the lighting.