This one is for Pandiyan & Skyburst [Steve].....in anticipation...
LARGE view is recommended.
What a gift this shot was, just waiting for me to come along and take it on my way home. This was a Jay..beautiful but fearsome birds, this one appropriately captured against a backdrop of a beautiful but ominous sky. Question is, where does the Jay end and the tree begin?
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sjameron 86 months ago | reply
It's definately a good photo. Still I think it could have been a true winner if you had change the angle a bit to add some drama to the 'psychotic skies'.
It's a close call...
-voted as "deleteit6" (from DEl*TE ME Uncensored: Sunscapes group)
terminal orbit 86 months ago | reply
Wow, what comes around goes around.... I commented on that photo 2 months ago. But that was outside the DMU Sunscapes group.
I stand for the comment I made above. It's a great photo.
However.
(there is bound to be a 'However' with such a long prologue, isn't there...?)
There is too little sun for me. For all reflection arguments we could now start, this is a shot about evening (i.e. post-sunset), about silhouettes, but really a sunscape anymore.
I'll have to vote
Voted: "deleteit7" (from DEL*TE ME! Uncensored Sunscapes group)
nepenthes 86 months ago | reply
first of all i`d`ve liked to see more brightness and color here. it is a fantastic landscape though. but you could`ve explored more the details by uppering the brightness bar. also, the tree is clearly the orignal theme of the picture because it is imponently centered in the picture, which is a mistake. it certainly has a little bit if "zing" to it, but it`s not a winner.
-voted as "deleteit8" (from DEl*TE ME Uncensored: Sunscapes group)
jakerome 86 months ago | reply
I find the sky rather pedestrian. While the tree is interesting, the jay is too easily lost. I'd like it more with a tighter crop to see more of the jay. I'd also crop out some or all of the foreground black.
voted as "deleteit9" (from DEl*TE ME Uncensored: Sunscapes group)
brendadada 86 months ago | reply
Argh. Lone tree trope with Hartlepool on fire sodium enhancement.
-Voted as "deleteit10" (from DEl*TE ME Uncensored: Sunscapes group)
Trapac 86 months ago | reply
BDDDDD Thankyou!!!!!
Save 8 Delete 10 over almost four weeks and I'm finally out of here, I thought it would never happen!
Interesting testing ground this one, thanks for all perspectives and detailed comments. Nepenthes has cracked it I think - this was never intended as a skyscape - it was always about the tree silhouette and marginally the bird. If I had my time over again I would revist the lighting for sure in post procesing, but out there - it was practically night-time!
This was easily the most popular image of my images in the Bristol flickL exhibition and even got a very positive mention as part of the published exhibition review - So I'll still stroke it and love it! :)
I'm taking it out now to see what is left of the sunshine and the spring blossom - when I put it in Santa had barely taken his shoes off and the trees were bare, so it'll be a nasty shock! ;-)
spikeblacklab 67 months ago | reply
This is truly wonderful!
Anky81 45 months ago | reply
Awesome.
katelyn_franssen 44 months ago | reply
gorgeous! oh my god!!!
LuSwan 43 months ago | reply
:D i want take a picture like that!!
jakerome 43 months ago | reply
You need to do a square crop. This looked amazing when viewed as a square thumb.
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stratoz 41 months ago | reply
searched "but Beautiful" in my contacts and look what I found. could be on the cover of the jazz CD I am listening to...
WideAngleJunkie [deleted] 36 months ago | reply
amazing shot!
Claudio 中桐 35 months ago | reply
Beautiful shot!
Myllena Caroline [deleted] 35 months ago | reply
Lin-do!
delfinoblu 34 months ago | reply
beautiful shot!
Carol_Locker 34 months ago | reply
Amazing contrast of the photo. Perfect!
Ćrystals ♥ 31 months ago | reply
that is one of a heel capture =D
loved it !! <3 <3
bru kiapetti [deleted] 31 months ago | reply
That our sky!
troedeljahn 17 months ago | reply
Perfect shot and work