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--dramatic and powerful scene, Allan!!

---any cropping past the semi-circular branches

that frame the bird would make the icy 'feel' go away. It was not cropped ---might see what it would look like cropped tight. But monochromatic

ice color/red color balance is about right in the original , I think!!

----ditto, rich colors. Are dawns also this colorful??

--ok , Becky. A 6 and 5 for an OK composition.

---recropping? Not particularily JOe. My observation is that "one who pleases everyone, pleases no one" Take it or leave it!!;-))

--charming and elegant, Aleksandr.!!

---salty, marine shots like this appeal to me. (Rat lines on a square rigger/)But as first commentor, --loose the date.!!

---carpe diem, ---captured the moment. 12 gua. pump shotgun is good deterrent for Pit Bull problem. Wound pattern on dog indicates use of

buckshot, ====very effective.

--poignant and thought provoking Alan.!! Nice lighting and composition. Overgrown highways also provoke this emotion.

----Tantalizing Tanya!!! What expression. Nice composition as well.

-----a kind babushka, for birds and mankind there

is hope for the world with them around!!! Spasibo

--neat concept Amir --reminds me of the red coat in b&w movie, "Schnindler's List"

----almost humorous ---like a mother penguin herding her youngsters inside. !!;-)

--is this Kafilnikov(?)

--nice , dramatic landscape, Ed. Thumbnail print has more detail?

--very lovely , Sergei!!

---priceless timing, Sergei!! ;-))

---neat shot, Alexi. I like the way the circle of

birds is matched with brick/manhole pattern just above them. Had they found food or perhaps a pool of water (melted snow) that attracted them to the spot?

nice workover, Arthur. But with that much time spent ,personally I would have just finished the contour of the owl over the 'dead wood' with a mixed blend of dark browns/beige/blacks.??

---tri-colored heron?

----windshield wipers --keeping up a rhythm with the radio??

Faux Monet?

--nice image Roberta ---but the colorful flowers

almost overpower the black and white butterfly. Consider cropping out the bottom flower?

---hmmmm ---thanks for the comments ---wonder if I could add 'catchlight' in photoshop???

---simplicity is it's own reward at times, Phil.

The empty spaces actually have a wispy cloud (sky) and 3 ducks (water) that breaks the monotony

of the scene regardless of the nice colors.