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Beautiful photographs! Well done.

Beautiful pics! I had to do a double take on the first parrot pic. At first glance, I thought it was a leaf :)

I haven't had much luck with wildlife photography lately, but one evening on the way home, I came across these sparrows having their last meal of the day. The American Tree Sparrows winter in ...

Ah .. looked it up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_(lake) Thanks. Live & Learn.

Good advice already. Ankle weights will not simulate climbing and may negatively impact your gait. Climb stairs instead with the boots you intend to hike in. Use the same backpack with the same ...

Near Lake Buttermere in Sept 2008 Lake district.

Excellent! Did you hike to get to these vantage points or drive?

Lovely! I especially like the pose & whole composition of the Northern Parula. I miss cardinals. We had them in NJ, but none here in Denver.

This is a May 2012 shot that I rediscovered and reworked. It was our first spring in Colorado & we went on a road trip to see our new state. Crested Butte from the Deer Creek trail near Gothic.

Nice set Dave. Captures the spirit.

Nice image! Looks like the interior of the Jamma Masjid. For my taste, I'd darken the interior of the mosque to convey its ambience. I feel the shadows are too bright.

You'll get more relevant information in the full-frame forum for the A7 https://www.dpreview.com/forums/1064

Lovely set! I love reading the captions too.

Those are very well fed prairie dogs. They don't look quite so plump in the wild. Love your shot of the artic fox.

Masking usually defeats me. I need to watch more tutorials on how to select the areas that I want to mask.

You should not over expose and blow out the highlights. As someone else already mentioned - expose to the right (refers to the histogram). Google ETTR if you don't know about it. Nice pictures! ...

Thanks Sabrina. I like it! I 'dehazed' the trees behind the utility poles, but darkening the mountains selectively didn't occur to me.

Let me know if you come this way. I'll take you around. The hit rate with birds & animals won't be as high as you're used to, but the scenery never disappoints.

I agree! A smooth roll-off in sharpness with loss of focus is a characteristic of some lenses. At the same distance from lens & background, and identical apertures, some lenses have a pleasing ...