I love this shot, BUT.....

[aladyforty]

Normcar wrote:

alady, alady, alady

This first photo is one of the most beautiful photographs I have ever seen.

It has a fantastic spectrum of color, and red being one of the majors (red is a good color for attention)

The balance is incredible

The emotive appeal (from the bird's perspective) is magic

You might consider sharpening it slightly, but only slightly

Then enter it into the greatest wildlife photo of the year contest, and I'd not be surprised at all if you won.

This photograph is magnificent!

Well thanks for the comments. The funny thing is that I just showed my Hubby your comment and his comment was "well it's Ok, just a bird":-)

Now if it had been a crashed plane hanging out of a tree he might have been more excited:-)

[aladyforty]

Norm, I put this photo in extreme makeover and I would be interested in what you think of the sepia colored effect that another member has done to the photo, I really like the look.

[aladyforty]

woodysworld wrote:

I like the second one best. You really nailed that shot. Great composition, lighting and location of the bird. What type of bird is that? Very nice photo.

meant to answer that a while back. The bird is a New holland Honeyeater and they very common where I live:-)