Lydia Thanks Lydia,
Thank you, wildlife is my favorite subject to photograph and I am glad that it shows. Did not have much choice in the blown out sky...........it was super cloudy and overcast with the occasional sprinkle coming down, the photo shows the exact color of the sky that day. I know that in a lot of ways the photo does not show calm, unless you think from the birds perspective. You can see how anyone prey looking at this bird would feel the opposite of calm and even people looking at this photo can an intense feeling (result of anthropomorphism). As I sat a few feet from him taking the photographs I could not help but sense how calm this bird was with what is probably his greatest threat so close. Even when he would look at me because of the sound of my shutter he was calm, even tho occasionally he would look at me when the shutter went off.
Ronnie |