Xiaomao

I like this heavy lens, nothing to complain as far as I'm concerned.

Hi, MRP. Here's my lotus at midnight. Lotus at Midnight

Placed 93^rd in the challenge. Male sunbird

I wowed at this shot, Arigit. This is the best of the best. Thanks for sharing!

Placed 9^th in the challenge.

Placed 65^th in the challenge. Taken in Wengding, a Wa village in Yunnan, China in 2015. The little girl's eyes caught my attention. I took the shot by lowering as much as I could so as to focus on the girl's eyes.

Placed 39^th in the challenge. Taken in the "last tribe" in China, a remote village in Yunnan, China in 2015. The women there smoke to while away the time. I was almost kneeling on the ground when I took the shot.

Placed 74^th in the challenge.

Great captures! You're lucky to have such a place with birds to shoot and to have excellent weather. I wonder how the falcons cry in the #2 and # 3 shots. BTW, I'm always jealous of your handheld ...

I love the two images, simply gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

Gunn, thanks for stopping by! For the last image, the waterfall produced a lot of fog, or moisturous air that kept the rocks (maybe also the lens) wet and glistening. As for the 1st one, I wished ...

Hi, Greyser. I believe you have something in mind as to better treatment of the shots in color, rather in B&W. I'll follow your recommendation and have a try. Thank you once again. All the best,

Thank you, Greyser. I chose to process some shots into B&W, for I felt the colors were not impressive in deep forest and dark conditions. I'm glad you like #1. I processed the shot a bit blue as I ...

Jim, thanks for visiting and commenting.

Your comment is much appreciated, Brentliris. I like this valley very much, too.

Thanks, Tom52!

Thanks for your processing, which reveals more details of the waterfall. Maybe I should calibrate my monitor.

Dear Valeriu, thanks for your kind comment. Those two are my favorites, too.

Mike, I'm very pleased you like them.

Andrew, thank you very much!