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Very nice pictures, bjd. I especially like the second one.

 

[clbayley]

Ruddy Duck...it was cloudy and the image was very noisy. I liked the composition so I am trying to salvage it by giving it a dreamy look. Does it work?

 

[dpc]

Not a very good picture. I'm only posting it because this is a bird I last saw maybe 25-30 years ago. We're within the range of the Baltimore oriole and we have lots of foliage in our yard, but I just never encounter this fellow. He's obviously not terribly common where I live.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Not a very good picture. I'm only posting it because this is a bird I last saw maybe 25-30 years ago. We're within the range of the Baltimore oriole and we have lots of foliage in our yard, but I just never encounter this fellow. He's obviously not terribly common where I live.

I used to see them but not anymore. A V beautiful bird. That is a nice picture - could you raise the shadows a bit?

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Ruddy Duck...it was cloudy and the image was very noisy. I liked the composition site I am trying to salvage it by giving it a dreamy look. Does it work?

Well kind of but somehow I can't quite fall in love with it. You may still be able to do more with it though and I can appreciate why you like it.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Anyone, does this look like a (Alberta) Song sparrow? Not the best as I was more than a stop overexposed.

The Pileated stopped at my pond for a drink and I only had the bare 400 so heavily cropped.

Blue-winged teals are very common here and this guy I shot with 400 X2.

Jack

 

[Josjan]

Lesser black-backed gull with goose egg

 

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Anyone, does this look like a (Alberta) Song sparrow? Not the best as I was more than a stop overexposed.

The Pileated stopped at my pond for a drink and I only had the bare 400 so heavily cropped.

Blue-winged teals are very common here and this guy I shot with 400 X2.

Jack

Nice series, Jack.

The bird on the first picture looks like a Song sparrow.

 

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Lesser black-backed gull with goose egg

Very nice capture.

 

[clbayley]

Ruddy Duck...it was cloudy and the image was very noisy. I liked the composition site I am trying to salvage it by giving it a dreamy look. Does it work?

Well kind of but somehow I can't quite fall in love with it. You may still be able to do more with it though and I can appreciate why you like it.

Jack

Thanks for the feedback...honestly I don't love it either. But I can't put my finger on what is wrong...is it the look? Or is it just poorly executed?

Maybe this is better?

 

[Jack Douglas]

Ruddy Duck...it was cloudy and the image was very noisy. I liked the composition site I am trying to salvage it by giving it a dreamy look. Does it work?

Well kind of but somehow I can't quite fall in love with it. You may still be able to do more with it though and I can appreciate why you like it.

Jack

Thanks for the feedback...honestly I don't love it either. But I can't put my finger on what is wrong...is it the look? Or is it just poorly executed?

Maybe this is better?

Better in the sense that it looks sharper and more defined but I'm willing to bet there is some treatment that is more abstract that might make it look more artistic. Unfortunately, I'm not artsy creative, just technically critical by nature so I'm no help. Riley what do you/your wife, think?

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Lesser black-backed gull with goose egg

Very nice capture.

V nice. Small goose or very big gull? Bet you don't see that every day!

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

Thanks for the ID click! I find sparrows very challenging.

Jack

 

[clbayley]

Enough of the Ruddy...

How's about some day old goslings?

 

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So cute. Nicely done, clbayley.

 

[briangus]

Singapore Hornbill - Sungei Buloh Wetlands

 

[Jack Douglas]

V nice Hornbill - what a beak!!

Jack

 

[IslanderMV]

Horned Lark

7D + 150-600mm Sigma C.

 

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Singapore Hornbill - Sungei Buloh Wetlands

Nice pictures. Welcome to CR.

 

[dpc]

White-crowned sparrow...