First Sign of Summer

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• eqshannon (19987)
• [2008-04-14 8:51]

You speak of them as my mother did...she always thought they were pesky things, but as a child I remember almost every morning waking up to their noise..I guess it is all perspect6ive...GREAT shot though Jane...you certainly have bumped up a notch!
Bob

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• ralfsworld (6056)
• [2008-04-14 8:56]

Hi Jane
Nice shot of this White-winged Dove with good details and colours.
I have seen this kind of dove during my visit in Texas.
TFS
Ralf

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• pekkavalo1 (3867)
• [2008-04-14 9:31]

Hi Jane,

Very nice picture of White-winged Dove with good composition, very sharp details and nice soft BG.

TFS

Pekka

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• Gert-Paassen (5295)
• [2008-04-14 9:32]

Hi Jane,

nice shot of this White-winged Dove with good details and colours.
It is here still cold 3 degrees in the morning
Beutiful colors and exellent sharpness.


regards gert

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• marhowie (34609)
• [2008-04-14 9:37]

You nailed it Jane, the technicals look good to me.
Now I must disagree that this bird is a pest. One mans pest is another mans blessing. They make such a cool sound you know ;-)
Competition for food is just par for the course in the animal kingdom of course..
Well done & Thank You,
Howard

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• Luis52 (10144)
• [2008-04-14 10:02]

Hi Prima.
We also have a lot of this Doves here. One of them comes every day to My home, and sing posted in the tree waiting for food.
Lovly image of this white winged dove.
Saludos
Luis52.

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• Necipp (100)
• [2008-04-14 10:24]

Hello Jane great looking big eye looking at the cam details look fine. I'm sure it has the biggest eye i've seen for a dove. Nicely composed and fine light. Would be nice if it sat on this side of the feeder roof. They can sure out eat any of the other birds apart from the starlings which come in numbers in my garden. Hope you're feeling better. TFS rgds Necip

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• Silvio2006 (24114)
• [2008-04-14 11:33]

Hi Jane, splendid Dove with wonderful focus, fantastic colors and great sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• nglen (21160)
• [2008-04-14 12:20]

Hi . Have just got home so can only mark this good picture for now.

Nick..

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• lawbert (0)
• [2008-04-14 12:52]

Hello Jane
Is this really a pest?..it has wings and has to eat..They seem very similar to the woodpigeon that slightly plagues me..But nature has made them resiliant..And they cost us more in bird food!!..lovely sharp details and colours on what are so hard to capture colours.
Paul

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• CeltickRanger (7080)
• [2008-04-14 14:36]

hello Jane

this is a lovely shot with a fine POV and DOF,
the background's colours are wonderful,excellent luminosity
of the image and great sharpness & details, TFS

Asbed

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• boreocypriensis (12886)
• [2008-04-14 14:52]
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Hi my beloved friend Jane,
Superb shot-as always. TFS.
Here (Cyprus) is very hot! (32oC) and spring passed! Global warming affected here. Greetings,
Bayram

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• rousettus (8380)
• [2008-04-14 16:55]

Hello Jane
It is very beautiful Columbidae species. It is similar somewhat to Turtle Dove here. but they are different genera. You captured it with a nice shot. Sharp details, POV and composition nice. your notes also nice. Thanks for sharing, best wishes
Ahmet

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• azleader (901)
• [2008-04-14 18:44]

Excellent image and very good technical quality. I personally like hearing this dove coo as summer approaches, but once it arrives they disappear because it gets to darned hot.

Funny that you equate the first sign of summer as a springtime temperature of 90. :) Most of the rest of the USA equates that with summer. LOL!!!

Southern Arizonans, of course, equate the arrival of summer as temperatures approaching 105 degrees.

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• gracious (12414)
• [2008-04-14 22:40]

Hello Jane,
Oh! such a awesome sharpness in this shot, just amazing and well done for it!
very nice colour and details especially on the plummage!
many thanks for sharing
Tony

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• Jamesp (14380)
• [2008-04-14 22:48]

Hi Jane

Great pose here. Excellent detial and colours too.

James

Oh to be in Tucson! I got up to a hard frost again today!

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• haraprasan (13068)
• [2008-04-15 2:21]

Hi Jane,
A nice capture of this beautiful white winged Dove. Excellent composition and details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• joey (20049)
• [2008-04-15 5:13]

Hello Jane,
a lovely image of this pretty White-Winged Dove!
The blue ring around the red eye is splendid!
Excellent clarity and decent sharpness.
Great composition.
Superb DOF.
Very well done!

Joe

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• arfer (0)
• [2008-04-15 7:10]

Hello Jane

Hmmm
I still have snow here and you are discussing 90 degree weather,lol.
A lovely close up of this dove.
It must be like when three or four mourning doves crowd my feeders.
Lovely colours,the eye detail and contact is very good.
Wonderful plumage detail.
TFS

Rob

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• izler (7940)
• [2008-04-15 11:37]

hello Jane
first time i see this bird for this reason its interesting and foreign species for me
i like POV, BG, light, colours, sharpness and informative note
TFS
regards
izler

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• Argus (23519)
• [2008-04-15 12:23]

Hello Jane,
You made a fine capture of the head of this White-winged Dove with fine sharpness, and well shown against the OOF natural BG. But the rest of the bird is dominated by what looks like a lantern and that's a pity IMHO.
The head, especially the eye, is great though.
Thanks for sharing this,
Ivan

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• Adanac (14054)
• [2008-04-15 22:16]

Hello My Friend,
This is a outstanding image with wonderfully sharp details, especially the eye and the colors are great. Thank you for sharing this splendid composition Jnae.
Rick

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• Mana (16380)
• [2008-04-15 22:59]

Hi Jane,
Wonderful shot of this White Winged Dove sitting elegantly on the bird feeder. Lovely colours and details on its plumage and that red eye looks gorgeous. Superb handling of harsh natural light and perfectly exposed. Excellent DOF, POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• smitha (3427)
• [2008-04-16 1:38]

Hello Jane,
The Dove looks like a villain with its blood shot eyes.:)
It's always like that with big birds. They always drive away the small ones when it comes to food. This is an excellent picture of the dove with superb sharpness and details. Nice Blurred background.
TFS,
Smitha.

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• goldyrs (4706)
• [2008-04-16 6:24]

Pests they are, Jane!:)
I do hope you're doing better these days...
Nice to see you're back!
Cheers!
Goldy

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• loot (9137)
• [2008-04-16 13:01]
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Hi Jane

When I read your notes about this being a pest I was wondering how the critiquers might respond to that. I thought that the one mans pest is the other ones delight. So, I continued reading some of the critiques and obviously I wasn't disappointed. There are those who agree and those who disagree. Of course all doves / pigeons have such wonderful sounds that I cannot imagine myself how nature would sound without them. However, I understand why you call them pests and I do not hold that against you. It is quite normal that something which might be too abundant or overwhelming in numbers in one area and rare or seldom seen in another area might be seen in a rather different light.

Anyway, you captured this bird with excellent details (especially that nice big eye) and very natural colours. I like the yellow sheen on the neck feathers and the clear and well contrasted white feathers of the wings.

Well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• zulfu (587)
• [2008-04-17 13:27]

Hello Jane,
Splendid capture of this beauty! TFS.
Regards,

Mehmet