Taken at the Sandgate pier that GIS_boy is getting taking all of his shots at. It was taken at about 6am, about an hour after sunrise. In post processing, I have played with levels, curves and then lots of adjusting selective colour so that I could darken the water, so the bird only was highlighted. GIS_boy & I had a lot of discussion about whether to leave some colour and highlights so that the texture of the water could be seen or whether to take it out completely. I opted for taking in out completely, so I guess the score will show who won this little argument............God, I hope its me :(
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It just became apparent to me that it's difficult to find a lot to say about sn image as simple as this.
The background works. Nothing distracting in the background. There are the little dots that are his feet I think, but we can't really see his legs, so they are a little odd, but then yous top to think that 'hey, those are his feet' it all makes sense. If this were advanced though, not sure if I'd prefer you clone out the feet...or make the legs more visible.
I don't really see much detail in the bird. I mean, I can see that it's a bird...but no eyes, no feathers, no legs, and a large dark spot where his wing is suposed to be.
The bird itself is not very interesting at all.
HOWEVER, the idea behind the photo is great. I like the bird where he is, I like the negative space, and I like having the bird positioned exactly where he is.
It's just not the most interesting bird, I guess. Not really your fault. I mean, maybe some extra detail would have helped the visual appeal, but really he's not an attractive bird to me.
I think you made all the right choices that YOU could have made with this shot. (I've seen the original) Just really wish there was something 'more' to that bird.
~Heather~
There was a thread started recently discussing 'zen photography', basically keeping things very simple, this is a fantastic example of how effective it can be.
Well done.
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