Hi James,
Thanks, you are being very kind. I do realize that this snap-shot is full of 'issues' though, and knew that from the get-go.

Since no one else wanted to play (lol) I tried some approaches myself (never said the bird needed to be included!) These cropping attempts are the limit of my creativity/skill though.

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Hope you don't mind that I keep trying. I am determined to improve!

(The nice thing about attaching rather than embedding an image is that it's not as immediately embarrassing, haha)