Comment from clou
Great capture! Beautiful natural light and amazing sharp focus....great timing to catch him with the seed in his beak!
Wonderful color contrast

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Comment from KatieKennedy
What a wonderful moment to capture, this is beautiful. I particularly love the relection on the bauble as it opens up the photo even more.
Katie

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Comment from helvi2

Hi Willie,

I LOVE these little guys!Love the Christmas decoration you hung near the birdfeeder to capture this wonderful seasonal picture. YOU nailed the shot! Very cute and SHARP as a TACK!

VERY Nicely Done!
Good Luck in the Contest!
:o) Helvi

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Comment from blujdrawings
brilliant compostion
great expression on the bird
beautiful colour
and nice backdrop of background
well done
thanks for sharing

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Comment from Annieboyd
This is a very sweet looking bird. Red Christmas ball really make this little guy stand out. Your choose of effects work good here. Nice focus, and nice depth of field.

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Comment from Pentax2012
Cute seasonal twist on one of America's favorite birds. Great portrait, with good eye contact and expression. I spend a lot of time shooting them too. The christmas decoration was a cute idea!

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Comment from phil1950
Lovely shot of the beautiful looking little bird with the Christmas bauble love the capture of the eye great subject timing composition lighting focus exposure clarity detail colours tones well done

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Comment from Mara del Mar
wow! This is adorable! Really a great shot, Beautiful details, great DOF, light and clarity. Very nice b/g tone and vivid color. Great job. Good luck.
Mara

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Comment from Samco
What a great picture, awesome detail and color. Love that you caught him with the sunflower seed in his mouth and the pine needle under his foot. great photo

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Comment from jbravo46
Nice job here. Fineob with exposure and composition. i might have tried to blur the bg even more but that is artist's choice so no deduction

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