Hands up--it's a fair cop!

[Julian Hough]

Here's one from earlier in the winter. I found this juv. light morph Rough-leg at a local State Park while out birding, and remarkably, it seemed rather tied to an area of short sallows. A scarce bird in winter here in CT, I was happy to get close enough for any shots, but was very happy with this lucky shot!

400mm lens 1000 @5.6 EV at +1 1/3.

Thanks for looking..

[Dave Blinder]

Great timing, exposure, comp, and eye contact. Was this a large crop?

[Brian Barcelos]

Love the wing position and the whole trapeze look of this image. Great eye contact and exposure is spot on. I wish the branch didn't cross his chest but I also don't feel it hurts the image at all. Was this guy around that park for a while or just passing by? This is one of the species I hope most to see this year and would be willing to drive to CT if there was a good chance of seeing him. Congrats

[Daniel Belasco]

Great wing position makes this image. Also like the feather detail--excellent.
The 2 twigs are a bit irregular. Would like to see the V where the 2 tree limbs merge at the bottom and a little more all around, especially at the bottom and right and a little more on the top. If the V where the 2 limbs merg isn't available then I would clone out the small limb on the right.

[arash_hazeghi]

Very nice wing positio, HA and sharpness, I don't mind the limb cloning it out will make the photo a bit unreal because the bird would not be able to balance itself so close to the end of the limb.

[Jim Fenton]

Excellent exposure and sharpness.

Pose is great and it's nice that you managed both eyes to be included.

They should be back soon :)