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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KenM" data-source="post: 3655456" data-attributes="member: 57880">Ryan- I certainly do post "challenging" images when they're all I have, and I think they have a degree of ambiguity...that might be of interest to the readership....after all it's a purely speculative game at best.Regarding shooting from the hip on Q&A (although not always!) sometimes I refer to my Observers book of Birds for "in depth analysis".For me the "game" is all about trying to ID without recoursing to reference, after all fitting the relative colours and tones into pre-ordained shapes whilst flicking through a guide...is hardly "rocket science"...albeit there are plenty on here that would have it so.And yes...of course I get a percentage wrong (firing that many rounds, I'm bound to), do I care?....not a jot!...that's where I get my buzz!, although I do endeavour to ID accurately, and give any benefit of experience that I might have, to those with less. Although It's a different ball game in the field Ryan that's where it really counts!........have pleased lots of "customers" over the years.I think you confuse "attention seeking" with my self deprecating (although not always) sense of humour, and regarding my lack of attention to detail...I'm certainly guilty of that on occasion.....hope you've got your safety belt on...in the bandwagon.Happy Birding.</blockquote>