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       by 
            Karen Fischer
      
    
    
    
        
            33
       points  - 2nd Place
      
              
          End of Year: 2nd Place
        
      
          Judges' comments:
      
            Simple; great bokeh background; good positioning of the bird; suggest cropping out blossoms on bottom and right; highlights on the head are a little bright