Birds

Saw them on the side of the road while traveling from Rousse to Sofia (in Bulgaria). They kept moving back and forth from one side of the road to the other.

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castleblue says:

It seems they're everywhere... I wish I could add extra syllables to the word "beautiful" for special instances like this (fav .-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jeremy-walker says:

a stand out thumb nail but bigger an up close im longing for the foreground in focus on this 1, spot on with the colours and the boarder works well..
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

@Castleblue - thank you :-) And yes, they truly were everywhere!! See here farm1.static.flickr.com/137/371179265_a30e31e 3f2_o.jpg - It felt like I was in that Hitchcock movie ;-)

@Underpinner - thanks... Indeed, I had to choose between the moving birds and the grass... It wasn't really foreground, the grass was up on the hill where the birds were. It could very well be my bad command of the camera - I don't know. The birds were constantly moving from one side of the road to the other... I didn't have much time to think what to do so I put the camera on "moving object" setting.... Should I have done something else? If you can tell me, that will really be helpful - I am an amateur, need to learn these things!!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jeremy-walker says:

f16 22 for more in focus depends where you were standing and wot lense... some times it all just happens a bit 2 quickly just keep buying those magazines and the science will fall into place you sure have the eye for a scene or two :-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Я £ - Leonardo Régnier says:

Very very beautiful ilina!!!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

aos_artofseeing says:

Truly truly wonderful atmosphere about this image!
I saw myself as a little (short) boy walking through the fields, chasing the birds ahead of me. I lifted my head to admire the cotton wool clouds festooned on the blue skies with birds in bewilderment.
For me this image has a warm feel good effect about it. Love the warm tone in the lower 3rd and the colder blue above. If I wanted to be picky, I would prefer more sharpness.
BRAVO!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

shammasi says:

i love this one more... good one. All this in new york??? Nice, i like;)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

mussy says:

nice tone! great!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

ilina s says:

@ underpinner - I will do as you said - read a lot of literature :-) I do need to, I know.

@ Leo Régnier - thanks :-)

@ aos_artofseeing - Ah, what a lovely picture you pained with words :-) I'm glad you enjoyed this picture. And, about the focus - I know you're right :-)

@ shammasi - ah, thanks. This is actually in Blugaria, I just came back from a visit there. It is very hard to come by a view like this in NYC... I'd say quite impossible even :-)

@mussy - thank you :-)
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Question for all:
I know the people who mentioned the blurriness do have a point... But I am looking at the picture again... and I wonder, if the grass was in focus, wouldn't it compete too much visually with the birds? It's a very spiky grass, and the birds are very angular shapes too. They look kind of messy flying in all directions... I don't know. What do you think?
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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

MadmàT says:

wow, i really love this one, the focus on the birds is really well done !
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

MadmàT says:

i didn't see the question but i guess this answer it! i love the fact that the grass isn't in focus!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

vincshuang says:

Amazing Shot,wow..!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

castleblue says:

I think that when the image is portrayed as an artistic statement, as this is, then you have to go with how the photographer displays it, because sometimes the photographer also wears an artist hat. It's not as important to convey what we literally see sometimes, as it is to show what we felt. Some people seek a perfect visual view, and that is all well and fine, but some blur and sharpen to speak volumes of what they felt. Some images are meant to play as much to the soul as to the eye.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

jeremy-walker says:

end of :-)
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

iammichelle says:

this is amazing.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

roel1943 says:

A beauty shot
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

espresso marco says:

marvellously great, again...
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

daPope [deleted] says:

very cool shot.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Korim S. Loup says:

Excellent. Beautiful colours!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

aos_artofseeing says:

Personally the (creative) blur of the grass in the foreground is justified. The focus should be the birds and sky.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

tref0608 says:

I love the composition and the color. I appreciate the struggles of quickly reacting to a situation and I'm not sure how much flexibility you really would of had to bring both the grassadn the birds into focus. I do know this shot makes me think I should carry my camera with me more often
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

panic-embryo says:

wonderful...love the range of colour..my favourite time of light and birds. I love birds. :)
stunning work you have.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

guyamba says:

I like so much this one...really great!!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Tim Gavin says:

Beautiful shot. Very well composed!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Gabriela Camerotti says:

Amazing photo!

Looks like a movie scene, I love it.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

ashish mistry says:

This is a breathtaking shot!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

rt44man says:

They are facsinating to watch. I saw a large group of them one evening and the sun hit them just so, that when they turned at just the right angle part of the group looked like it disappeared for a second, but then would reappear to dart about some more. Excellent shot.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Ian_M says:

Love the low angle of the shot it's fantastic you can sense the movement in the image great shot.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

dinerdog says:

serisously great composition : >
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

DigitalLyte says:

the softly blended layers of colors are a visual delight!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

_ Krystian PHOTOSynthesis (wild-thriving) _ says:

Bulgaria is a great Kountry, so is this Pikture of Freedom.

This is it...
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

one pic a day says:

amazing photograph!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Ojisanjake says:

I saw this in the 25+ Faves group and Faved it.

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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Igor Moraes says:

Huumm.. GOOD!
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

liam.jon_d says:

a beautiful abstracted landscape take - great mood

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Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

ionovillo says:

beautifull colors !! the picture remenber a nice dream
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Here in Van Nuys says:

"Dont they ever stop migrating?" You will have to Google this if you want the answer! Dramatic and cinematic (hint) shot.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

stoffelus says:

grat capture
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

metrosafari.org says:

very nice capture.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Diego Sierralta says:

this is beautiful, almost dreamlike in nature.

I saw this in the 25+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Ruth_asg says:

nice tone! great! capture
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Metabisulfide says:

I saw this in the 25+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Vol-au-Vent says:

magic shot, great mood and wonderful when seen large! it's those muted colours making the fantastic impact! Thanks for sharing :)

I saw this in the 25+ Faves group and Faved it.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

mliebenberg says:

What a cool shot ... an instant fav!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

21mickrange says:

Love this photo
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

original_ann says:

Truly poetic!!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

denisecollinsphotos says:

fantastic shot,underpinner sure knows what hes talking about.
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

martius says:

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Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Ladrón de la estrella says:

great image
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

..mia.. [deleted] says:

amazing!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

stellalee523 says:

I love the image！
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Red Clown says:

very wonderful.!!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

jc_iverson (Imagery by Jordan) says:

Brilliant perspective. I'm glad you stopped to take this. Great shot!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

kiming(豬頭牙刷) says:

This kind of feeling is very good
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Simian says:

An extraordinary image. Intensely beautiful and atmospheric.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

elpapel says:

this is wonderful...
you have such a great taste for both colours and composition...

great, great...
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

ester B. [deleted] says:

Totally gorgeous, in every which way.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

northmanimages says:

Nice D.O.F with this image.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Corey (xblankx) says:

Really nice.

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Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Peter Ellis says:

Very nice indeed!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

-(Stu)- says:

I love the tones in your photo's, you have a very special eye.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

motelrodeo says:

stunning image. great use of dof. - joe
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

stellantocontact says:

Great Shot! Please join us at:
I Think this is Art !

Meravigliosa !
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

fabbriciuse says:

wow!!!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

lati.. says:

...wow...wow...wow..wow..this is very beutiful..
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Seung Kye Lee says:

Yes, agree with you on the blurriness of grass-case. Beautiful!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

cuellar says:

fantastic composition!
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

junk_id_09 says:

such a great photo.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

Donna Francé says:

I like your point of view!
Please consider posting this picture into the Two Feet Under group.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

mark.os says:

wonderful capture!

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Beekey Piecake says:

perfect!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

tmod says:

What a great capture! Absolutely love this shot. It's so dreamy
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

jarob says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called captured movement, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Behnam Zarassi says:

Great
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Joel Bedford says:

fantastic...i'm stoked to have found your photostream!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

ScottS101 says:

Van Gogh............ Wheatfield with Crows
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

_cr_ says:

I think that focusing on birds adds an artistic touch to this photo. I like every detail in this composition - the grass, birds and even the cloud in the background! :)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Andre V Carvalho says:

Just beautiful!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

I Love Orange says:

Loads of birds, beautiful.

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

karissa_lynne says:

beautiful photo
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Sweet J (away) says:

o!!
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Robster74 says:

What a great capture! It takes my breath away like most of your pictures...i guess someone told you before that you are highly skilled! ;D
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

Minaluche says:

Fantastic photo. I love this colors.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Myles Smith says:

Holly crap, you have a lot of fans. I just got a repetitive strain injury scrolling down here. Maybe even the bendz (nice spelling).

Thanks for the graffitti on my stream! I would do a bit more investigating of yours but i'm off to bed. I look forward to tomorrow to see! One obvious thing though... you are very talented as well as very beautiful. Bon nuit.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

darkenergy777 says:

Beautiful.!!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

samisaravia says:

Simplemente hermoso
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

MSH* says:

wonderful...
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

mirrormarek says:

Excellent photo.
See some more Flying bird Photo
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Lola Emilia says:

snimkite sa nesto neverojatno! prekrasni sa!! i ti si mnogo krasiva :)
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

emre_u ( Away ) says:

wow!!!great capture..you are very talented my friend
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

the big fish eat the little ones says:

this is beautiful. i love shots with birds in them like this... hard to capture & even harder to make them look as good as this!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

duarja says:

fantastic composition!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

genuine_fake says:

hey, i'm an admin for a group called special connection with th sky and we'd love to have your photo added to the group ;)

beatiful shot!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

rolandsstand says:

You really are quite the artist.
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Dreamkeeper says:

fantastic shot!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

etoile says:

I can't tell you how much I love this shot! It's just amazing. Your work is fantastic :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

igoy says:

Fantastic Capture.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

emiguez65 says:

Like an oniric dream. Wonderful :-)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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