Cool concept! I like the way you're emphasizing the name Birding Aboard in 23. And nice typeface.
What Diana is really looking for is a wordmark-style logo, integrating some of her organizations representative graphic elements with the BA name.
Can we see some variations on 23? Maybe with the circles separated and better representing binoculars. Also, maybe bigger so that one eyepiece is above the Birding and the other is above the Aboard?
That would then essentially give you one circle for a planet earth globe with oceans or what not ... and the other circle to "see" a bird in?
That would also allow you to "paint" the globe to give the overall concept more color and impact. I think the blue and gray two-tone is a bit muted for her audience. Like the simplicity and we should definitely stay away from fine lines and gradations ... but could use some more color and contrast.
You get the idea ... not trying to break your concept which she really likes, or over-direct you here. Just some ideas.
And sorry, my mistake, the sub-text would be better if ordered "Binoculars and Cameras" versus the other way around. I should have gotten that correct in the contest description!
We just ended the contest early as Diana pretty much fell in love with the Tropicbird and binoculars submission from ibot. So I didn't want to waste any more of your time. I knew where she was going to end up. :-)
But she obviously really liked your ideas also and I wanted to thank you for the excellent effort so ranked two of your submissions to get you some extra points!
GREAT work and hope to "see" you in another contest!