Avian, Wild and Free IOTW 02/15/2008

[James Shadle]

Congratulations Ian Colley!
Noisy Miner

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Ian! I like this image a lot!

[George DeCamp]

Beautiful pose, colors and BG, a fantastic image!

[Lana Hays]

Ian...congrats
This is such an action packed image. I can sit and ponder all day what the next move may be. Well done.

[Anita Rakestraw]

Just a wonderful catch here, Ian! Congratulations!

[Marko Matesic]

Congratulations! :))

[Maxis Gamez]

Very nice!! I missed this post. Congratulations.

[Jeff Wear]

I also missed it first time around --great shot ,very well done

[Fabs Forns]

Big congrats!! Well deserved :)

[Harold Davis]

ditto the big congrats!!! awesome image.

[Ian Colley]

What a compliment, I must admit I wasn't expecting this, the quality of the images posted on here just blow me away. The learning curve has been huge since the forum started and I have been working hard to apply what I have learnt from using the camera to post processing, a big thankyou to everyone.

The most difficult part for me is commenting on the superb images that I could only wish to create. Having said that, I find this the most rewarding, as I start to apply those thoughts to my own images. What a geat way to learn, I find I am even more critical of my own images and see so much more, that would have been unnoticed a couple of months ago.

Thanks for the opportunity to participate in a great forum. To the forum owners thanks for the hard work, you guys must put in some long hours and thanks for the comments everyone, this really makes me feel like I have achieved something.

[Wayne Nicholas]

Very "Audubonesque" is all I have to say. The colors and lighting in this shot are beautiful. Great timing to keep the heads from converging. KUDOS!

[Robert Amoruso]

Very cool image. Congrats.

Great perch coming in at the corner and diagonal; great BG and light; the bird's actions all make this a winner.

[Scott Moore]

Excellent pic and a big congrats. I missed this post, but am glad you won so that I got to see it.

Scott

[John Cooper]

Congratulations Ian - very well deserved!!

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Stunning image and great work Ian . Big congratulations !!!

[Bonnie Block]

Well deserved. I missed this one too---Beautiful!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congrats James!!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

Congrats!!!]

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ian,
One of my favorites in a very tough field.
Congrats,
Roman

[Victor Soares]

Wonderful image here Ian. Love the perch and the line created as well as the great colour and detail of both birds. Great image and very deserved of the accolades !!

[Lori A. Cash]

Congratulations Ian. Gorgeous image. Well done.

Lori

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Wow! I had missed this.

[Gus Cobos]

Congratulations Ian...:cool: