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Hi Kevin, love it, love it, love it!!!:cheers: The simplicity, vibrant colours, details, what's not to like? Lovely muted backdrop that still...

Awesome Dan, DC at his best and highlights having clean backdrop/or less competing colours to help pop the subject. :cheers: TFS Steve

Hi Jon, nice to see something different and as Randy said, the Funky Quiff makes it stand out. Overall a it too tight for me and I might have...

Up here we call them Dry stone walls, used for years, solid and weather resistant unless the sheep have a pop at them, but hard to breech it. As I...

Cheers Jon, using multiple perches means you get them to search and hunt, the female came down only once as she was on eggs and thought she knew...

Thank you Kevin, much appreciated. :cheers: It's all about separating the subject and defining what works to help draw the eye in. Having a very...

Gotta love that walking pose, and I like that the "floor" is rocks (I thought it was an old weathered fence from the thumbnail). A couple of bits of...

The bird itself is super! The raised crest with exposed colour adds a lot. I agree with you about the perch and BG, but we can't often be too picky...

Steve a wonderful image. Well processed. For me the darkness of the background adds immensely to the subject.The vignetting draws your eye to the...

Love the colors very well processed as usual Andreas. Nice posing call. For me I just wish for a better perch.I know nothing you could do about where...

A walking Kestrel ... not bad :bg3: Framing is good as are the details well shown ... Personally I think the colors are a touch on the magenta /...

Hi Dan interesting combo of softness and details , works very well for me . For sure an unusual shot , very well executed . TFS Andreas

Hi Randy ... a very tricky light situation , that you managed quite well . For sure more options are possible on the overall tonal front . Nice...

Thanks Brian ... you like the intense colors :bg3: , maybe a bit less would work too ..... for the dull European eyes :t3 LOL . Different color...

Super shot Brian - ideal pose, maybe I am just jealous over the colours but they do look intense!! I can't really comment because I haven't seen one...

Nice shot Steve, accurate colours good details and an interesting pose.

Thanks Andreas, the bird was a bit large in the frame because there were lots of messy twigs and branches around.

Andreas, the calling pose wins for sure! It almost looks staged; did you put the little guy up there and program him to sing?? :-p I like it! Rich...

Always appreciate your feedback Andreas! So interestingly, this subspecies is closely related to the Blue-winged Teal I recently posted. They...

Ohlallala ... Brian , fireworks on steroids :bg3: This is tough , but I do like the RP better !!!! Superb Patterns and color /tones ... are they...

Thanks Jon and Dan for your comments , much appreciated .

Hi Jon .. nice that you managed a shot of a breeding Bird , very cool . Lovely wind swept head feathers and you managed the lighting quite well...

Thanks guys for your kind comments , much appreciated . @ Brian ... well the cross fork might be not ideal , but was there .... I leave it in as...

Thanks Steve: Here is a revised version, taming some of the brighter areas to help draw our eye to the owl. Pretty subtle, but hopefully it...