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Wonderful composition.  The B&W tones are very pleasing.  I can imagine myself being there.

Like yourself, I have easy access to ducks and I find many duck images to be boring BUT this one is superb.  Perhaps a tiny bit soft if I had any nits, but the composition and the moment really make up for it.  Many don't realize how difficult it is to catch action like this.  Good job!!!

very nice image.  really like the colors, sharpness, comp., and meal...

It rarely gets hot in Washington state but today is one of those days

so I went back to 2 winters ago for this image of a Towhee to cool

myself off...

You have a very good eye for patterns as in this image and your mountain photo.

beautiful tonality

Not only do you have a good image here but also good Avocet behavior.  Really like this one.  God work!!!

Very nice capture.  Background bokeh is good; this is very difficult to do with owls because they really like brushy and camoflage environments.  Sharpness is terrific.

see previous gull photo. This was taken a day later in different

light and with a different lens. It had already dropped its clam. I

set up a blind which allowed me to get a lot closer.

A painterly effect emerged during processing. This is near Goudargue

in Provence. I was just amazed by all the fields of sunflowers and

lavender ( and of course all the vineyards in between).

Just an addendum here; the fruit was there.  It was not an arrangement.  An elderly French woman was selling it out of her home...

San Quentin de Poterie, a small village not to far from Avignon where

the clay tiles were made for the buildings in Avignon, is now a

tourist attraction and community of ceramic artists.

Excellent image and behavior shot.  These birds are quick.  Very difficult capture; nicely done.

Very nice feeling with the slight blur and the warm tonality.  I grew up in the Washington DC 'burbs in the late 50's and 60's but had not visited any of the Civil War battlefields until last year when I spent some time at Antietem.  I was really moved by the experience.  This image and your other posted Civil War shots really help me identify with that experience.

I am fortunate to live in a place with many sea gulls. At low tide,

they find clams on the tidelands and out of hundreds, 1 or 2 have

learned to drop the shellfish on a nearby concrete boat ramp in order

to open the shells. Must be a sign of sea gull intelligence...

Nice composition.  Bokeh is excellent.  Good colour and saturation.  Did you use a flash setup? 

Very nice detail.  I wish I could get all my avian shots at iso 50 but hummers appear to be the most cooperative.  Very well done.

This is an American Bittern, a heron/egret relative. Its favorite

habitat is thick brown wetland brush and it blends in well. I have

always found it very difficult to get a good shot and they are

comparatively rare in my area. This is a head shot portrait primarily.

I find the blue water background a little distracting as it is full

of branches. (This is f4 600mm 200th sec.) So I see many bird shots

with perfect bokeh. How much of that is software created? What

software ( I know PS can do it and Topaz Lens Effects) is typically

used and like many of the Nik products do any have brushing

capability. I think this would be a better shot with a little more

blur in the blue areas... Thanks.

I appreciate your feedback.  The greenish spot is OOF vegetation and I left it in to balance a similar area next to the neck.  However, I could see it as a distraction and would perhaps lighten it up in the next version.  I do have a tendency to over saturate my images but I do enjoy vibrant colour...

wonderful color

A very cooperative Great Blue Heron from about 3 meters. Is it too

saturated?

Yes, even I was surprised with this one.  The image of the 3 baby owls at 1600 iso was not anywhere as clear as this one.  So perhaps it was luck. 

Your posted images at higher iso are very nice.  I am still learning about the balance between noise reduction and clarity.  What software do you use for noise reduction?