Reviews from

Water Reflections

Desford Birdland

16 total reviews 
Comment from GaliaG


excellent capture of the bird reflection and the ripples

good composition, presentation and light handling

good focus and technique

thanks for sharing

 Comment Written 03-Sep-2017


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Comment from Lisa M.


You have captured Beautiful Clarity and Amazing Colors with this image. Great initial impact. Reflection in the water is Terrific and the clarity of the water enough you can see his feet is Perfect. Great Focal Point and Excellent Point of View! Good Luck with the Contest. Thank you for Sharing ;)

 Comment Written 03-Sep-2017


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Comment from Dick Lee Shia


Impressive capture!
Aesthetic fantabulous reflections!

Vibrant avian delight!

Subtle illumination.
Nice contrast of blue cloud
reflection with the orange plumage.
Pin sharp focusing.
Good perspective & long depth of field...

Thanks for sharing...

 Comment Written 01-Sep-2017


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Comment from nikman


Not sure I understand your title, but I can see it's a good shot! Your nice composition grants us a fine look at your bird/duck. Sharpness and exposure are fine! Well done!

 Comment Written 01-Sep-2017


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Comment from Stringbean


A beautiful capture of this gorgeous bird. Your lighting is so beautiful revealing wonderful details and colors on this bird. I like that you have captured some of his habitat with a nice reflection and movement in your scene. Good luck in the contest. This is very nice work and thanks for sharing!

 Comment Written 01-Sep-2017


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Comment from nature rules


Your colors are the initial impact for me in this scene. The highly saturated color of your bird is nicely reflected in the water...but still allowing his feet to show. Nice work there! The colors of your water are my favorite part. The reflecting sky vs the greens and browns and their textures remind me of one of Monet's water paintings. Beautiful.

I keep thinking I am a bit put off by your reflecting post. But it really has framed your birds head and eye quite nicely...giving your the chance to have more clarity in that important part of the bird. That all elusive eye is not easy to capture unless you have your camera on spot metering and have the spot on that eye! Hand held! Nice work! A pleasure to view!

 Comment Written 01-Sep-2017


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Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan


Wow! What a lovely shot. You have captured the Nature's original colour coordinates so well. You have framed it well. The light, colour and the composition have worked well. Good effort!

 Comment Written 01-Sep-2017


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Comment from a.samathasena


What a great nice wonderful lovely shot.Beautiful nice great nature scene.Entrance is great.The Orange bird,face eyes action,long spiral beak,water and reflection are gorgeous great and make a nice scene.I like this talent perfect work.Focus color and all are excellent.Great job.Well Done.Thanks.{Wish Your Contest.}

 Comment Written 01-Sep-2017


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Comment from Sean T Phelan


'Way Cool',Mike!
: )
That brightly plumed bird ( an Ibis of some sort? )
looks great standing in that darkly reflective water!
It's yet another 'Good Show',my friend!
~Sean

 Comment Written 31-Aug-2017


reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
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reply by Sean T Phelan on 01-Sep-2017
    You're very welcome,Mike!
Comment from Trajan


Nicely captured image.
I appreciate the front of the body framed by the darker reflections beyond.
It really makes the head stand out.
The only thing is it looks just a tad out of focus.
Other then that, well done.

 Comment Written 31-Aug-2017


reply by the author on 01-Sep-2017
    Thank you very much for your kind review and constructive comments - much appreciated