Earth tones
by Melethia

Comment by scrum8:
Nice lighting and use of lines.

Rebridged
by Melethia

Comment by Judi:
I like the dreamy velvia effect here.

Birds3.jpg
by Melethia

Comment by SandyP:
Well. . . I didn't think your challenge entry could be improved on, but you in fact did it: Added even a little more pop and impact! I love how you can see their little feathers all sharp and crisp. This is such a great photo! I can't believe how great a photo it is!

Rebridged
by Melethia

Comment by oOWonderBreadOo:
the blue fringing on this is very unfortunate. otherwise a lovely shot! I wonder if you might have been able to select all but the star & desaturated the blue hues away?

Earth tones
by Melethia

Comment by Judi:
Great image. I can see this in a decor mag.

"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment by ericwoo:
--Trading Post Comment--

First of all, congrats on your best scoring photograph to date. I would encourage you to include your post-processing in the Photographer's Comments along with the great info that you've already included.

Camera Work/Technical: Great, crisp focus and a nice job keeping the entire scene in focus.

Lighting: The lighting is very even. I think I am reading that you used the on camera flash. If that is indeed the case, you did a fine job with it.

Composition/Content: Not bad, but I think that a portrait style crop might have worked better than the landscape. I find myself wanting to see the bottom of the nest.

My Opinion: This is a very nice image and a well-deserved top 15 finish. I think that I would have used a white border and shot it in portrait orientation. I think this one would have broken 7 with those two changes.

Eric

Rebridged
by Melethia

Comment by Louison:
Nice blur and light. Well composed. Peaceful.

Urban sunrise
by Melethia

Comment by TheresaA:
Deb, This is BEAUTIFUL!

"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment by graphicfunk:
This is one of those unforgettable images. What a capture! Congratulations on your top 20 finish.

"Crying, Waiting, Hoping"
by Melethia

Comment by nards656:
==Trading Post==

Trying to catch up from being so far behind...

Wow, no 1s. That's an accomplishment. That's an amazing capture, and the pure "difficulty" factor garnered you a lot of high votes. Your photography has come a LONG ways recently. The composition here is strong, even though I don't think I would have cropped it quite this way.