Male Bluebirds Fighting For The Lady!
by Refocused

Comment:
Nice capture. Too bad about the noise (although I gave it an 8) Topaz denoise does a great job, by the way.

As to the eggs being thrown out of the house -- both house sparrows and house wrens may pierce the eggs and throw them out. House wrens are native, and should be allowed to nest, but house sparrows are invasive and may be removed.

I actually had a house wren nest a couple of years ago, and that was a blast because the babies were voracious -- so the parents were coming in with bugs every 2 minutes or so. It was great fun to see what types of insects they would bring!

Make sure that you have baffles on the poles. Snakes are a big predator of bluebird houses. So you want to make sure they can't reach it from other bushes, trees, etc, and that they can't climb the pole.

Stinkbug
by GinaRothfels

Comment:
It was an 8 from me. I find it an excellent shot. Should have done better!

Nigel is having a really rough day!
by JulietNN

Comment:
I have no idea why this didn't place in the top 3! I adore it!!! (9 from me)

The Comedian
by MeMex2

Comment:
The eyes make my eyes go all crazy! I think they try to get them to line up. :) Excellent capture!!

Regal
by grahamgator

Comment:
I'm wondering how you got such soft, warm light outside? (It's truly lovely!)

Little one
by LevT

Comment:
Hey Lev -- I'm interested in what size flashlight and a little more details on how you did it. I've tried light painting before, but everything was really dim.

late for class
by mariuca

Comment:
spectacular shot, but I don't think it particularly says late. -6-

motor paraglider at sunset
by mshonak

Comment:
Cool shot, but it's way over sharpened. You have white halos all over the subject, and it wasn't necessary. :(

War
by nam

Comment:
It was an 8 from me. I know there's one person that automatically gives military or guns an automatic 1, so feel free to disregard that. Don't quite know why the other low ones. Perhaps they saw it as fog or something instead of smoke?

My mother
by LevT

Comment:
Absolutely incredible shot. What a treasure to have and what a treasure to have taken.