Activity for User 576 - Mike Cowdrey - cowdreymike@aol.com

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21 Feb 24 Comment Congratulations on your showcase image! Nice one! Feb 16th
21 Feb 24 Reply They did indeed land in the field on the far bank of the river! Feb 6th
21 Feb 24 Comment Good capture of the bird on downward descent. I think it could be given more space on the left, which would be very easy in view of the background as per Tom's suggestion. I wonder if the feather detail is almost a little too sharp! (It is rare for me to suggest that!) Feb 6th
21 Feb 24 Comment Well captured little bird that, again, we do not see in UK. It has just turned it's head nicely to give the necessary information! Thank you for sharing it with us! Feb 6th
21 Feb 24 Comment The heron has been caught from below, but you have still managed to retain a good amount of detail. I also like the surprised expression! I agree that there seems to be a degree of over-sharpening! Since there was no distracting background to worry about, I thing I would have chosen a higher F #, say 8 or 9, to make sharpening less necessary! Feb 6th
21 Feb 24 Comment Good close-up of the egret and it's detail. It is always slightly hard to retain detail where egrets are concerned, so you have done well. Egrets, even small ones, disappeared from the UK because of ladies' desire to adorn themselves with their feathers. Little egrets started to return in the mid 1950's and are now well-spread throughout the country. Great egrets are at last becoming established. Feb 6th
21 Feb 24 Comment Good action shot! I agree a tighter shot cropping off the lower part of the feeder would bring the important parts closer. The background is nicely blurred, and the slight movement in the right-hand bird's wing adds to the atmosphere. Feb 6th
21 Feb 24 Comment One word sums it up - Brilliant! I almost feel sorry for the fish. Super capture by you and the bird. Feb 6th
21 Feb 24 Reply Thanks Tom! Feb 2nd
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34 Feb 24 Comment And an interesting story it is too. The mono effect works well. I just feel that the image would be complete as a cropped format to the background on the left, but keeping the birds to the right of the sun. Also, is the text really needed? Great image all the same, with lots of hard work paying off! Feb 19th
34 Feb 24 Comment My eye wanders all round this image. Normally, the instruction is to have some fixed view point, but in this instance I am quiet happy to be kept busy investigating this strange abstract! Feb 19th
34 Feb 24 Comment Like the dancer on the right and her background very much. I feel that the left hand side of the image doesn't work as well, and perhaps crop it out completely. A drastic suggestion but I think that you would be left with a super image! Feb 19th
34 Feb 24 Comment A beautiful image, and the original bird shot is great too. Perhaps reduce the size of the bird, so that the wing tips are not in competition with the background? Love the clouds too! Feb 19th
34 Feb 24 Comment To me it is a happy monster and well constructed. I love the subtle colouration which suits the subject. I might reduce the lines within the headlights slightly, since they seem to drag my eye to them, especially on the right hand side, but this is a very small suggestion. Feb 19th
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