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VLJ_PHOTOGRAPHY

European Starling

NIKON D850

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 500 Shutter 1/350 Focal Length 400/1

location

Livingston, Texas, US

upload_date

Mar, 2021

Views

838

Likes

+318

Awards

Winner in Starlings Photo Challenge

Creative Winter Award

Peer Award

+152

Absolute Masterpiece

+48

Magnificent Capture

+33

Top Choice

+28

Superb Composition

+23

All Star

Outstanding Creativity

Superior Skill

Virtuoso

Genius

Top Ranks

Top 20 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

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Top 30 rank

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Top 30 rank week 1

Categories

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Beautiful photography

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Thanks, Rick

Beautiful colorful capture!!

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Thank you Patsy

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You are an amazing photographer! The colors are so vivid and beautiful and inspires me to want to paint it!

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Thank you so much. You are more then welcome to paint any of my images. I would love to see a finished painting

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wow supersharp and beautiful

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Thank you Erik

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Really beautifully caught showing the beautiful colours our starling have

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Thank you Doug.

Love how the vivid colors were captured. So detailed

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Thank you Dani. I appreciate your comments.

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Beautiful capture!

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Thanks Ron and Judy. Very kind of you to say.

I have probably said before how much I admire your knack of bird photography in particular~! Still true :)

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Thanks Sam. That means a lot to me.

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You captured the colors in a perfect way.

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Thank you Joop. It was a quick pose and off he went.

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Excellent starling image! Nice work, Lee.

Amazing colours, magic shot Lee!

Amazing capture!! Gorgeous colors!

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Great capture, Lee!

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Stunning

You really know how to capture the beauty of each bird!! Deep respect to you!

Just perfect,indeed.

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you nailed this shot... congrats

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You can make the common starling look like a bird of paradise!

Amazing !!!

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Awesome the color, well done

I love the colors of this one too!

Ultimate

Clarity and color are gorgeous. This is an exceptional image and capture!

Ultimate

This is a wonderful image of a Starling. You caught the light perfectly.

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Gorgeous capture, nice job

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A perfect Starling portrait with amazing and colorful details! Very nice, Lee!

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Gorgeous in every way

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Amazing colors and details!!!!

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Beautiful shot. I love how you were able to pick up the fine detail and colors in the feathering. Absolutely beautiful!

Very nice photo, voted A Single Subject

Congratulations on your award!

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Congradulations on being the winner. Great Shot

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Thank you Randy. This was a very nice Sunday surprise.

Congratulations!

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Thank you Sophie.

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Congrats on your win!

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Thank you Marlies. I love the your shot of the pair of Starlings

Congratulations, Lee! Beautiful shot!

Platinum

Congrats on your starling challenge win. Outstanding picture with wonderful detail.

Ultimate

Stunning beauty. Congratulations on your award.

PRO

I’m not particularly fond of the European Starlings on account of them being such aggressive intruders into the territories of local birds, but this one is really pretty 🥴🙈Great image, lovely diffused background and very good colour rendition.

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Congratulations on your win !

PRO+

Lovely colours and a super winning shot. Congratulations.