Some I meant to post but didn't get around to.

#1
Few more of the Northern Shrike that been so kind to let me photograph him.

Very nice work - #3 and #11 are super!

Impressive series Mr Thomas
I agree > surf scoter pushed way to far > But nice portrait anyway
Colors on the RTH are Shaaweet!!
Perigrine is lovely
and the B E's are great

Oh I almost forgot the Shrike >> Wow that first one is a show stopper

All in all wonderful job

Ant

wonderful clarity and depth in the GBH flight

Fine set of images. All three shrike shots are super but #4 steal the show for me. Excellent work Thomas.
Harsha

Nice shots Thomas some of them are pushed indeed. Shrike shots and #8 are my choices!

Great series Tom, the series is spectacular, the first three images set the table.

Ted

Tom -
Nice crisp set of the Shrike. Nice selection, overall.
- Ken

Excellent series Tom.

Garen

timgriffin wrote:
Very nice work - #3 and #11 are super!


Thanks Tim and thanks for the picks!

Tom

anthony whitmo wrote:
Impressive series Mr Thomas
I agree > surf scoter pushed way to far > But nice portrait anyway
Colors on the RTH are Shaaweet!!
Perigrine is lovely
and the B E's are great

Oh I almost forgot the Shrike >> Wow that first one is a show stopper

All in all wonderful job

Ant


Many thanks Ant The Shrike has been very cooperative lucky for me

Tom

Dave In La wrote:
wonderful clarity and depth in the GBH flight


Appreciate the great comment Dave, thanks

Tom

harshaj1 wrote:
Fine set of images. All three shrike shots are super but #4 steal the show for me. Excellent work Thomas.
Harsha


Thanks Harsha, and thanks for the nice compliment on #4

Tom

Nello Milanese wrote:
Nice shots Thomas some of them are pushed indeed. Shrike shots and #8 are my choices!


Thanks Nello

Tom

Ted ellis wrote:
Great series Tom, the series is spectacular, the first three images set the table.

Ted


Hi Ted, thanks for the nice compliments. Very much appreciated

Tom

fwyflyr wrote:
Tom -
Nice crisp set of the Shrike. Nice selection, overall.
- Ken


Thank you Ken and thanks for the look

Tom

GAREN wrote:
Excellent series Tom.

Garen


Hey Garen Thank you very much!

Tom

great set!, awesome shrike images lately, and the gbh in flight is cool too.

Tom, I was out of town and missed this series

Digging the shrikes! Well done

Falcon and eagle are very nicely done. I don't know where you found the falcon but congrats on getting that close!

Too funny, a scoter!! I just shot some of these in the gray and fog on Friday morning and just started to cull them. My first thought was I may have to push them a bit You beat me to it.

Love the gbh.

Great set Tom.

Tim

Tom..........I guess I am seeing things here differently...........

#1 details on the Shrike are to the tee, excellent from tip to toe and wonderful texture..........BG appears a bit noisy to me
#2 great shot, unique clean perch, not sure about possibly too much room on top?
#3 image appears at a loss of detail due to NR perhaps or a processing technique applied perhaps?
#4 neat intimidating look, nice image Tom
#5,6 I much prefer 6 as the details and comp is much more pleasing
#7 neat headshot but does not seem as sharp as I would expect?
#8 great image, sharp and just a cool look
#9 a neat pose but dark feathers just seem off to me, softish again like NR
#10 may have pushed too hard, yes the black is pretty noisy on my monitor
#11, 12 another nice B52 fly by and GB looks good against that deep red BG

Tom, I came back to this post several times and on the two monitors I use, work and home and saw the same things, as you know I comment as I see them for the value of my opinion is always up to you

Karl

Very nice set, Tom. The first two shots of the shrike are really nice. The third shot looks like an extreme crop and detail are lost. Congrats on the falcon shot. Together with the Eagle shots is very well captured. Excellent job with the GBH.
Socrate

Hi Thomas,

Nice shooting. I enjoyed them all, but favorites are: #1, 3, 11 and 12. Love the fall color in the BG on the last one. Nice!

Tom,
Very nice it is always great to see what is available to other photographers in other areas.
Thanks for sharing

Tim