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    Hi All! The site looks and feels great!

    Black capped Chickadee from the yard. After spending a day raking leaves back in November, I took a break and put the leaf pile to use as a backdrop for a few images.

    Best to all in the year ahead and beyond!

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    Big welcome Tom. Great background and very nice head turn with eye contact. Not sure about the small stick on the top. Very nice image.

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    Hey Bud, Great to see you here. How is your daughter doing with her photography? I love the image, esp. the light and the background. Might have pointed the lens down a bit to give the pine cone a bit more room. If your personal ethics permit doing so, you could lose the 2nd branch... Was the bird coming to a feeder?

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    Hi Tom,

    Great first post, no doubt.
    For some reason I find myself getting more tolerant of extra branches, it must be old age :)

    Very lovely, and yes, a bit more room at bottom would be great.

    Big welcome to BPN

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    Tommy!!

    Welcome my friend! I would leave the branch, might look too stark without it there. Nice first post, see you around the block.

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    Lovely light and beautiful background. If your ethics allow, I think that removing the second branch would greatly improve this nice image.

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    Thanks for the welcome and the input gang.

    I've been on the fence about the second branch. I think that if it joined the main limb within the context of the frame, it would seem like less of an intrusion, and become a more valid element of the image. More room beneath the pine cone..... indeed.
    The bird was coming to a feeder in the yard.

    Artie, Emily is doing well, thanks for asking. She's pretty enthused about the NHSSP in February.

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    Love the composition of this one and the BG is stellar! I would clone out the stubby branch.

    Looking forward to seeing more :)

    Happy new year!

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    I like the perch, composition and BG. Another vote for cloning out the branch. :)

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    Beautiful colors and composition. Not sure about the size of the cone. Maybe too big for the bird. Are you using self made catchlight?:confused:
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    Catch light in the eye is from natural light on this.

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