I love the imagination that went into this upload. Orange and black stand out and your skill in photography is evident.

Congratulations on 1st place, really well done.

Congrats Mark, well done

Hey big congrats on this winning photo,it took skill to do this one. You so deserve it.

Congrats Mark

Awwww nice nice nice. Really love the strory here but I do wish the top photo had that leaf in the center as well, but maybe it fell off during the blooming cycle. A very enjoyable view.

Liked this one right from the gitgo. Congratulations on silver medal!

Lovely one congrats

Nice day and night contrast. I hope you packed a lunch!

Congrats

well done

Thank you, when you say that I appreciate it very much.

Your upload made me grin from ear to ear. Good catch (both for you and the bird). It is too bad that you have blow outs on the feathers. Time to switch to manual but do keep that shutter speed high as you do already.

I greatly appreciate your instructional comments, still, because I have had no formal training. I really struggle with egrets and white pelicans because there is so little variation in their coloration and the sun exacerbates that. I may also be limited by my birding lens, because the f range is 4.5/5.6. To get a fast enough shutter speed, I'm usually setting the ISO to 800. Thoughts?