Activity for User 1964 - Karen Kratz - kdkratz@gmail.com

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72 Feb 26 Reply Hi Isaac - yes, you're right, the bird definitely needs some room in front of him. I like your cropping edit.

Living in North Carolina, we have lots of cardinals - once, during a particularly bad cold snap, I counted no less than a dozen males! They were so pretty against the snow - they looked like a Christmas tree.
Feb 15th
72 Feb 26 Reply Thank you! Feb 4th
72 Feb 26 Reply Thank you very much Richard. You are too kind. Feb 3rd
72 Feb 26 Reply Yes! :) You can see some on Instagram @nomadtravelphotos. Feb 3rd
72 Feb 26 Reply Thank you Maria. You're right. I cropped this a bit too tight to put on my phone because I will be painting it. I forgot to re-crop it for submission. LOL Feb 3rd
72 Feb 26 Reply We are at sea today and the next few days on our way to French Polynesia. From there we go to Somoa, then Fiji, then New Zealand and Australia. Feb 2nd
72 Feb 26 Comment Hi Isaac - another stunner! You really captured every single water drop, and I like the expression on the bear's face - irritated by the water and relief at shaking it off. Three cubs nearby? Oh, nice! Feb 2nd
72 Feb 26 Comment Hi Maria - nice, sharp, and I love your title! Perfect! I would't change a thing. Feb 2nd
72 Feb 26 Comment Hi Richard - lucky you! We live in NC and are constantly checking eBird for sightings somewhere we could drive to in a day or so - no such luck - yet.

I like how you kept the moody overcast-ness in the image, you can definitely tell it was cold out by doing this. I also tried to recrop the image for a tighter crop, but couldn't come up with anything better - showing that the bird is on the large log does the trick.
Feb 2nd
72 Feb 26 Comment Hi Maria - great job considering what you had to deal with in making this shot. Very sharp, and I like how you got the mouse in the middle of scratching its ear. Cute. I'm not sure how you could improve on the crop - I think you did just fine. Feb 2nd
72 Feb 26 Comment Hi Adrian - I like your crop - leaving plenty of room in front of the bird to move into. I also like how you managed to capture that very moment when its wing seems to just touch the water - nice! I tried putting your photo into iNaturalist to help ID the species, but it didn't know either - so you're not alone.

BTW - which cruise line are you going with to circumnavigate South America? We'd gone on one before, but had to stop before we got halfway through because of a family emergency back home.
Feb 2nd
72 Feb 26 Reply Aloha and thank you Richard! I first saw this bird 13 years ago when we visited Hawaii for the first time. I managed to snap a photo of it, but it wasn't very good. I was so happy this time to have these two come so close to us. Feb 2nd

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