captivecookie Loc: Washington state

A great portrait of H. R. Stuffed Puffin.

captivecookie Loc: Washington state

Hmm, that joke might not make sense of you don't know about the old Saturday kids show H. R. Puff n Stuff.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

No. Handheld and mechanical shutter.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

Dave, I'm flattered. Never known you to be at a loss (or even a shortage) of words. Cheers.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

Little Grimsey Island, near Drangsnes in the Westfjord area of Iceland. (Note: Not the large Grimsey Island which is the northernmost part of Iceland and right on the Arctic circle.)

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Beautiful shot...

flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert

WOW! Just WOW!

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

And a great camera

Hip Coyote

I know I am late to the party on this, but just recently joined this section.

I love this photo! And let the record show that you did it with a M43 camera, handheld, like all of us evil geniuses!
We spit on tripods!

This photo is razor sharp. That being said, I have some friendly suggestions...

I downloaded the photo. IMO, on my screen, which is calibrated with a device, the image looks slightly muddy and the white of the body looks too white causing me to look there more than I should. So, in my download, I selected the subject in LR (a freaking amazing tool btw) and very slightly bumped up the exposure of the image. I also sharpened it slightly...and maybe added a slight bit of saturation. I then used a brush to lower / reduce the stark white of the body in the lower left to more match the white on the head. I then added slightly some dark vignette which, to me, make the bird really pop. I do tend to use vignette a lot so have some bias there. It makes subjects stand out from the background. I hope I did not over step my bounds on this. This is a very special shot and deserves a lot of attention. Congratulations.

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