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Once again I'm torn between 2 images for different reasons. The first (Green Heron) is my favorite simply based on how it looks. The second is also a favorite because it took me a while to identify the bird (female Red-Winged Blackbird). Between here and a couple Facebook groups, I finally...

The Green Heron didn't seem to mind being my main subject this afternoon.

These have a little of the ick factor going on. Green Heron - reminds me of the toast, 'Through the lips, past the gums, look out stomach, here it comes!' ;)

@wev and @Woodyg3 might be able to give you opinions on both. If I remember correctly, the first version had a lot of issues. I think both members used both versions. However, Woody has been encountering a recurring issue with the second version.

Last week I purchased a course from Creative Live called The Absolute Power of Blend If and wondered if anyone has ever used those sliders for tweaking edits? https://www.creativelive.com/class/the-absolute-power-of-blend-if-blake-rudis?via=site-header_0 It's a different way of masking - and...

Green Heron at the park. It's surprising a bird that doesn't appear to have much of a neck can extend it so far.

A few of the Green Heron from yesterday. The heron had just swallowed a very small fish - the Red-Winged Blackbird must have noticed and flew right down.

I just tried adding the video link, Roy. What I noticed is if I'm in the Quick Reply box, it won't hyperlink the video. I had to go to the Advanced Reply to get it to work. The video is at the end of my post below. This is the carbon fiber tripod shown in the FStoppers video...

I was out looking for something to shoot for the Diagonal weekly theme. Since the instructions said to use diagonal lines to bring the eye into the subject, this is the one I chose for the challenge. Stairway to a Train Station. These other two were contenders. In hindsight, the last one...

Due to the rain, I had to improvise and came up with a different idea. Stairway to a train station.

Three from today. One is a female red-winged blackbird - might even be the same one I asked about the other day. It was also taken at the same park in the same area. Next up is a Robin. And this is either a moth or a butterfly. Since the body is somewhat thick, I'm guessing a moth. :confused:

This is another shot of the female Red-Winged Blackbird. I had trouble accepting the ID the other day because the females we get in our yard aren't quite so prominently streaked. And here is a robin. It must have recently taken a bath. Looks like it is sporting a mohawk. ;)

That's definitely a better resemblance in the beak than many of the images I've viewed. Here's mine for comparison. Thanks!

I think I've identified it after reading this article. It looks like the mystery bird in their pics. The shape of the beak is the same as is the streaking. It looks like a juvenile cowbird. We get cowbirds at our feeder, but I've never seen one looking like this...

I am trying to ID this bird. I'm in Pennsylvania outside of Philly. When I searched via the Merlin app, the closest thing it looks like is a Song Sparrow from the Pacific Northwest - but that's on the other side of the country. It looks too striped to be a song sparrow that is normally found...

Cool! Very interesting topic, @Bengan - I'm looking forward to seeing what members create for this next challenge. :)

These were from Friday and are heavily cropped.

Yesterday I shot this image and decided to experiment. This is a screen shot of the original NEF: This first edit was cropped down to a size of @ 5.1" x 7.1" from an FX sensor: So I took the psd file from my first edit above and went into ON1 Resize 10 to experiment. I enlarged it from...

Tested out a mint Nikon 70-200mm f/4 VR yesterday and am very impressed. These are heavily cropped down to exterior dimensions of @ 5.1" x 7.1" from 20x13.

After getting the Nikon 24-70mm f/4 VR lens last fall (and being really impressed by it), I seriously started looking at the Nikon 70-200mm f/4 VR to replace my Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 VR. The IQ of the 70-200mm is better although it comes at a loss of focal length. However, I already have a...