Caring For Her
Uploaded: April 05, 2010 04:47:08
These Bluebirds are totally devoted to each other. She builds the nest for their new arrivals, while he constantly feeds her.
Canon 1D Mark III, Canon EF300mm 4.0 L IS lens, 1/1600 sec., F8.0, ISO 800
Kim Dietrich Elam April 05, 2010
WOW, Bill! Just beautiful - lovely colors, clarity and comp! #1255490Karen Celella April 05, 2010
Outstanding in flight capture Bill! #8511254
Jeff Robinson
April 05, 2010
Tammy M. Anderson
April 05, 2010
Melissa Olsen April 05, 2010
Bill, I do so enjoy your your. Beautiful! #8512189Linda A. Braddock April 05, 2010
Bill, Gorgeous!!! #8512368Ken R. Frischkorn April 05, 2010
Magnificent photo Kim with outstanding detail and color. #8512373Jane Hirst April 05, 2010
Remarkable clarity...love those blue outstretched wings....Great composition and story. PS I saw my first blue bird of the season this evening. #8512679
Carol Flisak
April 05, 2010
Clyde Smith
April 05, 2010
Kathy Cline April 09, 2010
KILLER SHOT BILLKaren Engelbreth April 17, 2010
A big congrats on your wonderful POTD, Bill... #8540875
Usman M. Bajwa
April 17, 2010
UB. #8540880
Michelle Alton April 17, 2010
Bill...Congratulations on this exceptionally deserving POTD! #8540887
Kerry Penn
April 17, 2010
Courtenay Vanderbilt April 17, 2010
Wonderful!! Congratulations on your POTD, Bill! #8540925Julie Christiansen April 17, 2010
Congrats Bill, just phenomenal. #8540932
Nancy L. Green
April 17, 2010
Robert Mann
April 17, 2010
Bill Houghton April 17, 2010
Thanks everyone, I appreciate it, Bill #8540952Sheila Pittman April 17, 2010
BEAUTIFUL #8540969Joy Rector April 17, 2010
congrats on the POTD #8540970
Leslie McLain
April 17, 2010
Eivor Kuchta April 17, 2010
What a precious capture, Bill! Just wonderful! Congratulations on the POTD! #8540976Sharon King April 17, 2010
I LOVE this Bill! What a wonderful capture! Congratulations! #8540993Richard M. Waas April 17, 2010
Bill, great timing for a beautiful comp. Well deserving of the POTD. Congrats!! #8541039
Linda D. Lester
April 17, 2010
Tammy M. Anderson
April 17, 2010
Terry Cervi
April 17, 2010
Gord MacEachern April 17, 2010
Congratulations on this very well deserved POTD Bill!! #8541062Stephen Zacker April 17, 2010
Great capture and title. Congratulations #8541069
Nikki McDonald
April 17, 2010
Cathy Barrows April 17, 2010
Congrats on this totally amazing POTD #8541090
Bob D. Hall
April 17, 2010
JO ANN CLEVELAND April 17, 2010
Fannnnntastic Bill!Congrats on POTD, would love to see this one again!
jo ann c. #8541118
Nancyj E. Hovey
April 17, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
on your very deserving POTD! 8o)
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Carolyn Morgan April 17, 2010
Bill - I missed this shot - the color and motion are wonderful and your subject compelling. Congratulations #8541125Ted L. Craig April 17, 2010
Outstanding! Clearly beyond just good shots. The accomplishment of this shot should last for quite a while. #8541133Joyce Rose April 17, 2010
Beautiful picture! Beautiful capture! Beautiful caption! Congrats, Bill! #8541136Steve Miller April 17, 2010
Holy Cow! Amazing capture! GREAT job! #8541152Melissa Olsen April 17, 2010
Congrats Bill....I knew this was a beauty. #8541174Karen Celella April 17, 2010
Congratulations on your spectacular POTD Bill!! #8541218Sandra L. Maxwell April 17, 2010
Just LOVE it! Can't say anything new about it, great job and congrats to you. #8541219Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 17, 2010
Incredible, fantastic and beautiful image! WTG on your POTD, Bill! :-) k #8541278
Erica Murphy
April 17, 2010
Erica Murphy
April 17, 2010
Anna Diederich April 17, 2010
Love this Bill! Congrats on your POTD! #8541298Bunny Snow April 17, 2010
Perfect timing, Bill. I can see that you were all set up, with a composed thought in mind, waiting to seize the moment and document what you knew would occur and it did. You beautifully captured the details, colors and tonality, sharpness and clarity! Well done!!!Congratulations on your POTD! Hope we'll see this again. #8541300
Linda A. Braddock April 17, 2010
Bill, Gorgeous Capture!! Congratulations on Photo of the Day! #8541313Bill Foxworthy April 17, 2010
Excellent image Bill, congratulations on your POTD! #8541318PiperAnne L. Worcester April 17, 2010
That is an unbelievable shot. Just unbelievable and so deserving of all the awards you can get. Congratulations! #8541328
Greg McCroskery
April 17, 2010
All of your work is exemplary -- and this outstanding image is no exception. Your knack for composition and timing are a true artistic gift. This shot is one of the finest POTD images I have seen.
Congratulations!
God Bless,
Greg #8541335
Christine Lobsinger
April 17, 2010
CHRISTINE
SMILING #8541348
Carol Flisak
April 17, 2010
Katarina Mansson April 17, 2010
Congratulations on your stunning POTD Bill! #8541395Robert Jensen April 17, 2010
Finally ... a POTD that deserves it! Great comp, lighting ... this has everything going for it. #8541410
Judith MacArthur
April 17, 2010
Ronald F. Fischer April 17, 2010
What a spectacular capture, Bill, and a well deserved POTD!!! #8541424Phyllis A. Houghton April 17, 2010
This is amazing Bill. Congratulations! Thank you for bringing us close to scenes most people are not privy too. #8541452Lorri Shane April 17, 2010
The bluebird with its striking blue in full wing span against the rest of the muted tones is wonderful. I think this is one of the best images I've seen of birds nesting. Congrats! #8541473
Anne M. Young
April 17, 2010
Amanda D. Austwick
April 17, 2010
Susie Peek-Swint April 17, 2010
Perfect timing and capture Bill .. love the title too ~ many congrats on your beautiful POTD! #8541545Phyllis H. Burchett April 17, 2010
Awesome capture! Congrats on your POTD! #8541548Ray Clarke April 17, 2010
Outstanding capture Bill, Congrats on your POTD! #8541573Shirley A. Kinney April 17, 2010
Awesome! Awesome. Bill this is just beautiful! Congrats on your POTD. Well deserved. #8541576
Kathy Salerni
April 17, 2010
Jeff Robinson
April 17, 2010
Sheri Camarda
April 17, 2010
Shelly A. Van Camp
April 17, 2010
Lydia Williams
April 17, 2010
Michelle Tinger April 17, 2010
Congratulations! This is such an awesome and beautiful capture. This is just so sweet. Thanks for sharing. #8541727Renee Doyle April 17, 2010
Congratulations Bill on this most outstanding capture and POTD!!!! #8541807Jane Burns April 17, 2010
OMW I realize you don't need one more kudo, but it is astounding! I wish I could share it on FB--it is a gift!! #8541884
Evy Johansen
April 17, 2010
Michael Umbreit April 17, 2010
Bill - Congratulations on your POTD! Great work my friend!! - Mike #8542228Rona L. Schwarz April 17, 2010
Fantastic action capture of this nesting pair, Bill! The detail, colors and clarity are exceptional and the bokeh background is terrific as well. Wonderful POTD - Congratulations! #8542401Mary K. Robison April 18, 2010
Really lovely capture, Bill ~Graeme yew Chow April 18, 2010
Lovely POTD winner and big congratulation Bill. A very sharp image. #8542510Deepinder S. RANGER April 18, 2010
What a lovely capture !!
William C. Raco
April 18, 2010
Wanda Knoss April 18, 2010
Beautiful images, Bill. Congratulations. #8543056
Clyde Smith
April 18, 2010
Susan Jane Allen
April 18, 2010
Rona L. Schwarz April 18, 2010
Let me be the first to congratulate you on this wonderful Finalist, Bill!! So well-deserved! #8545940Raymond Pauly April 18, 2010
Beautiful capture. Congratulations. #8545971
Robert K. Bemus
April 19, 2010
Heather Thorsen April 19, 2010
Congratulations on your POTD Bill.
Michael Kroth
April 19, 2010
Donna La Mattino Pagakis April 19, 2010
Impressive timing and a beautiful image Bill. Congrats! #8550830Darryl Wilkinson April 19, 2010
Sweet shot Bill! Congratulations! #8551610Nancy (Peaches) Harker April 19, 2010
AWSOME Bill!!! #8552507
Guy D. Biechele
April 20, 2010
Dianna Murphy April 20, 2010
Congratulations on your wonderful POTD!!! I have a new blue bird capture too! #8554121Richard D. Love April 22, 2010
Congratulations, Bill. Beautiful image with perfect timing. Well done.Rick #8561662
Daniel Ruf April 26, 2010
Congrats on this winner, Bill. Timing is excellent. #8571193Summer A. Kozisek May 03, 2010
Gorgeous capture Bill, congratulations on your recent POTD! #8587593Toni Riggs May 07, 2010
Great capture, congrats! #8594271Hal Bambrick June 02, 2010
WOW!!,Stunning Inflight Capture Bill!!!!. And...Congrats!!!!!!. #8660313Joy Rector June 06, 2010
fantastic capture #8668700John Connolly June 26, 2010
Belated congratulations on this amazing capture Bill! An incredible, well timed image with supreme detail and glorious color! #8718410Dorann Weber July 13, 2010
Amazing..I am speechless..Absolutely stunning Bill! #8760145Mark Dodge July 13, 2010
Amazing capture, Bill! Way to go! Congratulations as well! #8760232
Terry Cervi
July 18, 2010
Christine Lobsinger
July 26, 2010
Mitch Spence
February 26, 2011
Toni A. Martin March 30, 2011
Bill, your whole gallery is STUNNING! It just blew me away. Good luck to you man. You deserve it! #9326377Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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