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YUM (THE RED WATTLE BIRD)

How lucky was I to be sitting on a rug with my grand daughter when this Red Wattlebird decided he wanted a feed of nectar right in front of us....the camera did...
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How lucky was I to be sitting on a rug with my grand daughter when this Red Wattlebird decided he wanted a feed of nectar right in front of us....the camera did the rest
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edmarnulot thatunicorngal Eduardbetz Snooky 1Ernesto Gayde quincyfloyd +57
Superb Composition
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Absolute Masterpiece
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Peer Award
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Magnificent Capture
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Outstanding Creativity
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Superior Skill
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Jaw Dropping
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Genius
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Exceptional Contrast
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One Of A Kind
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Great Find
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The Art of Wildlife Photography Photo ContestTop 20 rank week 1
102 Comments |
gunners42 PRO+
 
gunners42 March 15, 2013
Great capture....nicely done!
jadewhite
 
jadewhite March 22, 2013
Is that a hummingbird??
Flosno
 
Flosno March 23, 2013
Thankyou, Not a hummingbird.... It belongs to the HONEYEATER family photo taken in Perth Western Australia
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 March 26, 2013
Awesome capture!
DearTam
 
DearTam March 29, 2013
Amazing macro!!!!!
MissSandy PRO+
 
MissSandy April 04, 2013
Love it! So cool!
supi
 
supi April 04, 2013
perfect shot....!!!!!!!
rajeevalochanperubhotla
 
rajeevalochanperubhotla April 06, 2013
Great Capture
srimanta
 
srimanta April 08, 2013
superb composition and colour and DOF....
rahunish
 
rahunish April 09, 2013
very nice.
mountainman70
 
mountainman70 April 16, 2013
leave it up to you to get a brilliant capture and teach us something new - I have never heard of the honeyeater family of birds - nuff said about what I don't know - gr8 shot
garthurdavis
 
garthurdavis April 21, 2013
Absolutely amazing capture ! ! ! Gorgeous colors and wonderful clarity and composition and DOF ! ! ! Brilliant work ! ! ! FAVORITED & PEER RECOGNITION ! ! !
Joecas
 
Joecas May 09, 2013
Awesome capture!
Joecas
 
Joecas May 09, 2013
Awesome capture!
carolcardillo PRO+
 
carolcardillo May 09, 2013
Great timing!
sheacam
 
sheacam May 10, 2013
Incredable shot !
Love it !!!!
photosue50
 
photosue50 May 10, 2013
Great shot!!
Palominolady
 
Palominolady May 13, 2013
Awesome capture!!
clarkl88
 
clarkl88 May 15, 2013
a wonderful capture... great job
jane_koranda
 
jane_koranda May 21, 2013
This photo is so beautiful how did you get such a close up? I just love it
ChrisKIELY
 
ChrisKIELY May 31, 2013
Wonderful!
johnpa53
 
johnpa53 July 09, 2013
what a capture, well done, awesome
amb1946 Platinum
 
amb1946 August 01, 2013
Perfect timing!
KristyLJ
 
KristyLJ August 09, 2013
wow!
t33tjt
 
t33tjt August 10, 2013
Great image with good composition, and would be enhanced even more with the slightest amount of sharpening in Photoshop or similar software.
BrianBasson PRO+
 
BrianBasson August 10, 2013
Super natural history capture! Brian :-)
DAPhotography
 
DAPhotography August 18, 2013
Eating time, great close up.
lindamonroe
 
lindamonroe August 24, 2013
This is awesome ! Great job!
sam58
 
sam58 August 27, 2013
wow... wonderful capture !!
ronpowers
 
ronpowers August 27, 2013
Nice Shot!!!
AlanC
 
AlanC August 31, 2013
Veyr good catch and up close and personal too. Excellent and brilliant. :-) Woof!
vesipenkova
 
vesipenkova September 03, 2013
Very cool!
xXMartinXx
 
xXMartinXx September 05, 2013
What a great photo of the red wattlebird. Well done Flo.
Batesrc2 PRO+
 
Batesrc2 September 07, 2013
Nice shot
hlambourn
 
hlambourn September 10, 2013
Excellent capture
amb1946 Platinum
 
amb1946 September 11, 2013
Perfect timing! Great shot!
Marjoriesmithphotography PRO
 
Marjoriesmithphotography September 15, 2013
Terrific!
rosemarieedwards
 
rosemarieedwards September 16, 2013
Great shot
Rosemarie
twilight65
 
twilight65 September 25, 2013
wow what a shot there awesome!!.....
AndreaE
 
AndreaE September 26, 2013
wonderful shot!!
pranavvashishthsharma
 
pranavvashishthsharma October 04, 2013
gr8 shot....congratulations
ogilvie
 
ogilvie October 06, 2013
I am honoured to be followed by someone of your ability. I salute you!
photosue50
 
photosue50 October 10, 2013
Gorgeous!
princessdi6305
 
princessdi6305 October 21, 2013
Very awesome capture!!!
lizziemellis Platinum
 
lizziemellis October 26, 2013
Awesome macro :-)
akhtarkhan
 
akhtarkhan November 03, 2013
Beautiful, colourful, and incredible capture. Lucky you!
MaryAnne306 PRO+
 
MaryAnne306 November 06, 2013
Awesome capture!
1Ernesto
 
1Ernesto November 17, 2013
Oh! This is so very clear, organic and colorful - great capture.
lamarh
 
lamarh November 20, 2013
think this is my favorite photo. great detail and perfect timing.
mstoltz1022 Ultimate
 
mstoltz1022 November 26, 2013
great shot!!
vbFMILLINES229181 PRO+
 
vbFMILLINES229181 November 29, 2013
Thank you Flosno, such an amazing capture.
taffatoz
 
taffatoz November 30, 2013
Nice shot! ... voted
margaretswaby PRO+
 
margaretswaby November 30, 2013
Brilliant shot - voted
Naturalbeauty
 
Naturalbeauty November 30, 2013
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. I'm lost for words to describe this beauty. Master photograpers may live and die without getting such a shot.
Tomek PRO+
 
Tomek November 30, 2013
amazing capture, beautiful detail and colors!! voted!
Kazza60
 
Kazza60 November 30, 2013
awesome capture .. voted
rosemarieedwards
 
rosemarieedwards December 01, 2013
Great shot - voted
Rosemarie
AliZackerGalePhotography
 
AliZackerGalePhotography December 02, 2013
spectacular
Kim2cats PRO+
 
Kim2cats December 03, 2013
I LOVE IT.
sam58
 
sam58 December 04, 2013
Voted !
sam58
 
sam58 December 04, 2013
Voted again !
ChrisKIELY
 
ChrisKIELY December 04, 2013
Voted - this is an outstanding capture - perfect timing.
margaretswaby PRO+
 
margaretswaby December 06, 2013
Great pic - voted!
meshersmith
 
meshersmith December 11, 2013
Fantastic shot!!!
valzart
 
valzart December 12, 2013
Beautiful & voted Louise :~}
AndreaE
 
AndreaE December 13, 2013
Love this! Voted!
mountainman70
 
mountainman70 December 13, 2013
voted
onyanita PRO+
 
onyanita December 15, 2013
we only have the normal wattle bird here. Lucky you to see this and have the camera on hand. Fabulous shot.
teresiaforeman
 
teresiaforeman January 05, 2014
Once in a lifetime shot! Love the detail. Great job.
teresiaforeman
 
teresiaforeman January 05, 2014
Once in a lifetime shot! Love the detail. Great job.
GBloniarz
 
GBloniarz January 10, 2014
Nicely captured nature shot!
justkim1106 PRO+
 
justkim1106 January 18, 2014
Wow, what a lucky day for you and great job catching this shot!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots January 22, 2014
Awesome capture!
diane_hallam_4401
 
diane_hallam_4401 January 27, 2014
fantastic shot, thanks for joining ... voted :)
Maesel
 
Maesel February 21, 2014
Eye-candy. well done!
Nhio
 
Nhio April 24, 2014
Amazing !!!
malread Platinum
 
malread December 16, 2014
Voted, Shows a lot of skill
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman December 16, 2014
Voted..k
Snappin-shots
 
Snappin-shots December 22, 2014
love this, voted the art of wildlife!! :)
kathymuhle PRO+
 
kathymuhle December 27, 2014
Fantastic - voted wildlife contest
njkerosky Ultimate
 
njkerosky March 03, 2015
Spectacular Capture!!! Congrats!!!
IsabellaD Premium
 
IsabellaD March 19, 2015
Wow, great shot, voted in Birds On Flowers !!
Elyzabeth PRO
 
Elyzabeth March 30, 2015
My goodness, I don't know how on earth you managed this one. Beautiful!!!!! Voted Glorious MOments!
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman April 01, 2015
Voted ...so great Louise..k
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 April 10, 2015
Great capture, voted Glorious
margaretyeo
 
margaretyeo January 15, 2016
Excellent!! Such a novel image. Your timing was spot on!
Inspire4More
 
Inspire4More January 15, 2016
Amazing shot!!
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots February 02, 2016
Voted Natural Nature.
SnowbunnyPhotography Platinum
 
SnowbunnyPhotography February 08, 2016
Wow! How cool! :-) Interesting bird. How big is it? :-)
estercastillo08
 
estercastillo08 February 26, 2016
Voted From Afar Wildlife
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman February 28, 2016
Voted from afar ...wildlife...k
JDLifeshots
 
JDLifeshots May 15, 2016
Voted Birds Eating!
Elyzabeth PRO
 
Elyzabeth June 05, 2016
Voted On The Wild Side :)
ImagesByChrissie
 
ImagesByChrissie June 09, 2016
Amazing capture. Voted, good luck.
CURUTCHET
 
CURUTCHET July 10, 2016
tremendous
debilee
 
debilee June 10, 2017
Absolutely wonderful shot!
adavies PRO+
 
adavies September 17, 2017
Awww! Really lovely...great detail! :)
Byronfairphotography PRO+
 
Byronfairphotography October 01, 2017
Absolutely beautiful / Voted
beckyreding PRO
 
beckyreding October 29, 2017
WOW
michelletracey
 
michelletracey February 19, 2018
Amazing shot!!
annetteflottwell Platinum
 
annetteflottwell September 15, 2021
and one more positive comment, I know how fast they are, great work
MaryMulholland
 
MaryMulholland April 23, 2022
Great capture Louise, we have a wattlebird family in our street tree which is our alarm clock lol
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