An Australian visitor

unfortunately had a very busy background.

[Liz Gooster]

The 'whoosh' of your busy background is a perfect contrast to the restful stillness of the bird.

[Milanie]

Sharp bird - good blur

[Carole Sandford]

You muted the background well with that edit

[Lesley]

Very well done!

[Casablanca]

I adore kookaburras! I remember hearing them "laugh" and it was always a super sound when we lived in Australia.

[Chris Cook]

Your edit took care of the background pretty nicely. Good shot.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This looks wonderful, Diana.

[Joan Robillard]

Very nice

[Renee Salamon]

Great edit

[Beryl Lloyd]

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[Beryl Lloyd]

So sweet!

[Paula Fontanini]

Wonderful capture of this kooky looking bird! Birds always seem to find the most cluttered place to land...branches, twigs and anything else to get in the way!! :)

[Bucktree]

A real cutie and the background effect makes the subject pop.

[Susan Wakely]

Such a cute looking bird.

[Dorothy]

Did he laugh for you? I remember them waking me up one place I stayed.

[Dawn]

A nice capture

[Mags]

Super capture!

[summerfield]

very nice capture, diana. aces!

[Heather]

A great close-up of this unusual bird (unusual for both of us :) You did a nice job for the background, Diana- it shows off the kooka (kookaburra- I just googled this bird) really well! Fav

[Linda Godwin]

superb

[Corinne C]

You managed the background very well. It's a fabulous photo!

[gloria jones]

Excellent capture

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Excellent shot

[George]

What a delightful and unusual bird.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Fantastic processing

[narayani]

What’s he doing there?!

[katy]

you eliminated the busy background beautifully and caught him in a terrific pose

[Rick]

Great shot and edit.

[Elisa Smith]

Nicely done. I had one floating around the backyard/area last week, could not for the life of me find him.

[Babs]

He has flown a long way hasn't he.

[Diana]

@lizgooster @milaniet @carole_sandford @tinley23 @casablanca @cdcook48 @mittens @joansmor @rensala @beryl @bluemoon @dkellogg @wakelys @illinilass @Dawn @marlboromaam @summerfield @365projectorgheatherb @rontu @corinnec @seattlite @elisasaeter @gaf005 @365projectorgchristine @narayani @grammyn @rickster549 @nannasgotitgoingon @onewing Thanks for the great comments and favs, they are very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@narayani Living in a lovely aviary with its mate. At giraffe house they have a number of foreign birds ;-)

@onewing He sure hs Babs, he must have been exhausted and sat still for me ;-)

[Kathy A]

He sure is a long way from home

[Allison Maltese]

So lovely. The Adamski Effect works well in these cases.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I think you solved the busy background nicely. Good shot.

[Diana]

@kjarn @falcon11 @olivetreeann thanks so much :-)