Nice shot and compo.

Another wonderful capture Nuri, i haven't seen a Jay in my garden for years.

Thank You All for kind cmts. To Velimir: I know that foreigners do pay a "special tax". This is embedded in costs of Hotels. i.e. Pullman do pay a ticket (about 500euro) to enter into big Italian towns(Rome, Venice, Florence). To Mary: in Alien Skin do live special effects (ie Glow and so on). I used a glow to enhace the "almost overexposed"areas of compo. David: noise is due to several step ...

This really works well, it has great atmosphere and compo, enlarged is a must.

What a beautiful subject, lovely shot and treatment.

Super portrait and character.

Wonderful image, i think the HDR is just perfect and gives a lovely feel to the picture.

Oh wow Nuri, i would love to take a bird picture as perfect as this, just superb.

Great shot especially as it was through the window.

I don't see a lot wrong with this Chris, maybe the center could have been a little sharper, as for the lighting i find putting the flower near a window but not to close gives a nice natural look, i never use flash on my flowers but that's just me, you can use foil or something light to give details in the dark areas, light walls help too, hope i've helped a bit.