Kurt_Horne

You created a great opportunity here with the ice, silver thaw, and a very contrasted colourful wood duck!

That's a fantastic pose, detail, and framing.

I'm actually partial to the 2nd image as well. So much a personal preference on this It's some cold days to be out in Ladner! Really...

Lovely post and image. Though I am thinking this is a House Finch, the colouring and body shape don't quite seem to match with a Purple...

This really shows the action, love the small shell pieces around the breast and the big piece off in mid air, all with a great balance...

Fantastic, I appreciate seeing the frost and the bottom stick is no issue for me. If you want super nits, there is a tiny white spec...

Good enough to make a viewer hungry :)

Thanks Steve, a good idea on a trial for Lr. I will give that a shot!

Hey Steve, I've never liked those in camera features, they sounds cool but turn out gimmicky IMHO so have left everything default. That...

Thanks Andreas, Lot's to digest for sure. As far as camera setting go, I do try to keep it as simple as possible, not choosing any of...

Not at all! I am just finding that in middle age, one's perspective of time is noticeably shifted compared to my 20's. I often think of...

Thanks Andreas. I have been mulling over this contrast thing. The raw is quite contrasted, actually more than Steve's repost. So here's...

Yeah when the colours match they match! Still a super cool image.

I don't think I've ever seen a high key image of an oyster catcher. For a moment I thought it was on a snow covered shore :). I wish the...

In hind sight, as I go back to pick at this again, I have a fault in my program where about 1 in every 30 images I chose to edit goes...