beautiful great egret. the only thing that could be better would be to have caught him from a different angle such that his lower body isnt in such a drastic shadow as the upper.
This is truly beautiful. makes us all want to break out and do something different. An unblemished sky, good use of shadows, and of course being able to follow the bird like that makes the shot A++. I love the way the light pierces through the bird's feathers and outlines the exoskeleton.
This ceratinly fits the bill. Good job stopping the action. Very sharp, crisp color. I want to see the bird at an angle or something to lift it a little more off the page visually.
This is just pretty. And I know how difficult it is to get that kind of shot. This kind of zoom shot certainly narrows you down to just a few people. I love trying guess who's it is.
This is a difficult photo for me to comment on. The bird id definitely moving and this is an excellent photograph of that bird. The composition and all the other techincal elements are right on target. If this were a birds challenge, you would be getting a 10. Is this bird gliding? If so, I wouldn't think that it's a great choice for a 'stopped motion' challenge. I'm not sure that moving the camera to follow a moving (but stationary) object is a good example of capturing stopped motion. It would be sorta like photographing a ferarri riding on a flatbed rail car. Do I make any sense here?