Was more than a bit surprised when this bird landed in my backyard. I was fortunate enough to have my camera sitting close by and was able to capture a shot or two before he/she flew off.

Today's Daily assignment is:

Make a "sharp" photo today any way you interpret it, either tack-sharp focus or a subject that is sharp itself.

All of us are like Cactus in some ways ... when we are new at some things .. we are very sharp fresh and colorful ... and when we grow old at it ... though the sharpness is there ... we get a dull layer on us ... and the color goes off ... few of us try to get the colors back but some dont ...

@arun: This was something I was trying to click in the bushes that day

Sun going down by the Okawango river in the Okawango delta, Botswana.

Contia tenuis, Kittitas County Washington, 29 March 2016.

Seabrook is hidden behind Sharpie.

This shot is a close up of the wing of a noisy miner.

You can see that some patchers of the feathers appear to be either blue-ish or red-ish. This is due to the lens being so sharp, and the feather tines just happening to fall along rows of the sensor elements that some of them are just hitting the red elements, and others are just hiting the blue with the dark gap between the tines hitting the opposite one.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

The Meadows

Cape May County, NJ

09/20/2017

Contia tenuis.

Conconully. Okanogan County, Washington. January 6th 2008.

(April 04, 2008)female Sharp-Tailed Grouse (engaging in Spring mating ritual on lek in Hooker County, Nebraska). ©2008 Earl Berkson

A 5k walk Meia Praia beach in Lagos Portugal ends at the stone break water just before Alvor. The sand dunes and the lovely clouds gave a great photo opportunity for Theme of day 5- sharp.