barb_s

Strikingly different than what I expected to see here. Very nice too!

As host, I look at the images with a different eye and I wanted to comment here - This is just lovely. 4th place in a challenge with no real theme is very good. I just loved the lighting you used...

I've been away for a vacation... I love macro, and love this one in particular because of the difficulty of capturing these guys in flight. What a great image and congratulations on the win!

It's interesting that this subject came up today. I  am hosting the "best photo of the week" in Ruth's absense.  DPR does not do an exif check for entry date and qualifies each entry based on what ...

Sometimes, when it hangs uploading, I give you, and upload the photo to my DPR gallery, then pick it from the gallery when entering a challenge.

I would expect Blackbirds, but in my description, I did refer to "black birds" and so black colored birds can be entered.

If you mean, can the information in that link be changed to state that hosts can not enter, then no.   We do not control any of that. When a host sets up a challenge , they can "enter" but it is to ...

This shows the basis of how voting should work ( DPR puts this in as "voting tips" in the challenges that are open to voting: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/8593414750/how-to-use-dpreview-challenges

I feel like this is such an eye catcher and well worth viewing at full size. It's a beauty!

I've been chasing the Snowy Egrets here too! I love the IQ of this. You really managed to capture the right moment and perfect focus.

Mine have been at coastal Massachusetts. May I ask where this...

Nice shot Mario! Congratulations on the win! I know this is not a global comment, but your photo is quite timely, as the eclipse passed in the states today.

cheers,
Barb_S

Thank you all - perhaps the raw file will be better. It was a quick shot, and a fast up load because I just liked this one. I may have done a tweak with iphoto as I haven't opened it in lightroom ...

I have been so busy with birds all year, but I grabbed my macro lens this morning when a beautiful dragonfly perched on my fencing. I started using Aperture priority for birds and I think it ...

I'll do a crow challenge :)

That is correct. Just about everyone figured it out so the challenge still works.

My mistake. I usually do not use the capture date so I missed it in setup. Next week's "picture of the week is set up with the check on"

I'm sorry, I didn't get the capture date in place for this. I can't change it in the system now. Very sorry folks.

Well done! Congratulations.

Great drama !

I enjoyed reviewing all of the photo's in this challenge. The locations and comments really made this slide show come alive for me.
To me, this is a remarkable collection. Some made me...