Hey Randall,

I keep coming back to your photo trying to figure it out. As I was saying earlier, there is something intrinsically that I like about the photo. Having said that, at first I thought what was nagging me is the business of the photo. I think I am boiling it down to two items. The first is the flash. I think it is a bit too hard...was the flash on camera? I think having positioned it from a different angle may have helped. The second is the red floral on the top right of the image. It seems to be distracting from all of these really cool birds hanging out on the log.

Again though, I like the shot, and I hope that it is coming out in the conversation. :P

James