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Permalink Reply by Jared Weaver on January 28, 2012 at 4:04pm

Composition and overall sharpness are good. But the bird is easily lost because it blends in so well with the background. Try opening your aperture more to create a more blurred, simple background so that your subject stands out.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Myran Photography on February 6, 2012 at 6:21am

I like how this blends in with the background.  Its amazing the tricks nature comes up with to protect life.  Great job.  Wished there had been a catchlight in the bird's eye.  Other than that, much better than anything I've done yet.  Keep up the great work.

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Permalink Reply by nathan mccreery on February 6, 2012 at 8:23am

Please give me a compelling reason t look at this photograph.  It's sharp and well exposed but I don't have a reason to come back to it and look at it over and over, which is the reason we make photographs; to communicate ideas.

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Permalink Reply by Anatoliy on February 6, 2012 at 9:35am

Truthfully speaking there is nothing special about this photo, for me it's just a photo of a bird. Try taking photos that have never been seen, from different perspective or anything that will truly make a photo unique.  

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Permalink Reply by Gary Vernon on February 6, 2012 at 9:37pm

Agree with both Nathan and Anatoliy,

it's a very common type of bird shot from a very ordinary POV which looks quite drab against the back ground.

Have a look at some of these shots below for comparison

http://1x.com/?action=profile&u=1180&show=1#!/photo/47539/c...

http://1x.com/?action=profile&u=1180&show=1#!/photo/47885/c...

http://1x.com/?action=profile&u=1180&show=1#!/photo/47868/c...

http://1x.com/?action=profile&u=1180&show=1#!/photo/47795/c...

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