A big thanks to everyone for all the votes and great comments. I really didn't expect to do so well with this one.
A pair of mynah birds decided to make a home on my bedroom window's ledge underneath the A/C unit. For 3-4 days I'd peek through a small crack in the curtains and hope one of the birds was sitting on the ledge while someone was walking by. I had to be really stealthy because if the birds saw me at all, they'd fly away. Shooting through the window really made a difference because the window screen and jalousies created a lot of the interesting textures. I was really lucky to get this shot.
The birds had some babies and have now all flown away. One thing I didn't realize is these nests have a lot of bird mites and once the host is gone, the mites can enter through cracks looking for a new host. Ugh, I'm now trying to get rid of bird mites in my bedroom.
Sigh...the sacrifices one makes to get a ribbon. ;)
Thanks again everyone and thanks to Don, Ben, Timfy, and Anita for the additional bling, I'm truly honored.
Edit How could I forget to thank the most important person of all...
Thanks jmritz for continually intriguing the mind with your thought provoking images.
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Place: 2 out of 129 Avg (all users): 7.0840 Avg (commenters): 9.3889 Avg (participants): 7.5156 Avg (non-participants): 6.5818 Views since voting: 3297 Views during voting: 258 Votes: 119 Comments: 46 Favorites: 10 (view)
Love the story. Anything for a Photo! What a great photo. I feel bad that I only gave you six. Is it too late to change vote? Ha ha. Mentally I'm now giving you an 8. Can you feel it!! If I only new the story when I looked at it.... Like the Chinese say... HOW BAN!!!!!!! (very good)
WAS MY FAVORITE FOR THIS CHALLENGE AND PLEASED IT DID WELL AS NOT VERY OFTEN DO MY FAVORITES EVER RIBBON SO I AM ALSO IMPRESSED IT GOT THIS ONE RIGHT XOX
so not only your figures are conveniently located in opposite corners, and you have that vantage point that tells a little story, but you also have those triangles framing your image so nicely. what more can you ask?
Took me a while to maze through this image and finally sort out the person and the pigeon (or dove?). So, I'm putting a zero next to your one (aka 10) for keeping me so enamored. Good Luck!
"1" is an apt title, as it is my top pick for the challenge. It is as though jmritz met up with pointandshoot, and while they were chatting, e301 stopped by.
Fascinating image. Hah - and I just got the title, well after I gave your vote. My guess is that this isnt jmritz but that isnt a bad thing. I find this image entirely pleasing with its variety of textures and elements. Would be pleased as punch if this were my image. This is my pick for red in the challenge. Bumping up to 9 and if I get off my lazy butt I may even find my too-too awards to add.
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