If you're wondering why I wouldn't save this for the bird challenge going on. Well, I'd love to, buttttt, I cheated editorially on this one -- and that's why I LOVE side challenges -- because you can :)
The fog was thick and heavy -- and so beautiful over the water there, but I couldn't get my bird to fly in the right place at the right time. Soooooo, I took the bird photo, flying against the gray/white winter sky, then I took foggy water picture, and laid the bird right where I wanted him over the water picture.
This was taken yesterday at the park where I eat my lunch most of the time. Winter in Texas is so much fun! I LOVE days like this! LOVE IT!
Oh, and I do realize that *Gasp* I broke that rule of thirds rule for this photo -- and I could have easily cropped this so that it complied -- but I don't think the rule of thirds is meant to be a rigid forbiddance of ever taking a photo outside its boundaries, and at times, like in my opinion this one, the photo warrants a dead-center subject. That's just my humble opinion tho :)
This is a stunning example of how you can break the rules and make it work. I'm not talking about the rule of thirds so much as the contrast "rule"...this is such a wonderful high key shot and I love the small tonal range. Very neat how you "composed" this shot too...
WOW! This is simply beautiful and amazing. You managed to capture a bird looking so elegant against raging water. What a great capture of two opposing elements.
So when do you have time to eat? At your location, I'd starve! I'd have to put my camera down and go back to work to eat my lunch!
Love the image, centered subjects do work at times. I love the softness of the background - but my eye wants to see just a bit more contrast in the egret. Not to say it needs it... having a rich black somewhere is something I seek and at times to a fault. This is an excellent image.
So I now live in your town! If you guys ever go out on a photo safari around here, please feel free to contact me if you're looking for extras... if you don't mind being seen w/a Nikon guy that is. LOL!
Thanks for your nice comment on my daisy image. I got some awesome feedback and people are very kind. More later... Cheers!
Delightful; I love the centered composition as isolating the bird, and the softness of the background throughout. Lovely, light tones and a feeling of fantasy. Excellent!
I learn much from your photos in the past. In this one I learn of a certain playful spirit, a certain humour. It is an arty design, yet a look will reveal that the bird is aloft rather than flying low. They eye often reveals these truths to the viewer, but the brain does not recognize what the eye is saying. Humour is a tool, sincerity is also a tool, are things that I consider when viewing your photo.
As always Sandy you have great photo's to look at. I know one thing for sure...I'd love to visit the places you do during your lunches, because you always have great things to look at and photograph. A beautiful image...excellently captured.
Thanks for the explaination however I still feel the bird should be slightly off centre and maybe by cropping to the same ratios but losing a little on the left and top
Wowzzers! Really nice. Quite dreamy. There an Egret in Central Park (probably South now) but no running water to shoot him against. Screw the rule of thirds...who cares about that junk.
Think we're all lucky that you cannot enter this one for the Bird Challenge (but you probably have a good alternative). For photos like this one all rules should be forgotten.
This is simply fantastic Sandy! I'm not sure what rule doesn't make it for the Birds challenge, but this would have done very well, and certainly deserves it.
Are you showing off again SandyP?!!! This is insane - in a completely excellent way. Well, maybe... except that you have broken the law...i mean the rule...anyway...i love it and you ROCK once again.
The hint of the falls behind you adds just the right level of subtle detail to really bring this one to a new level. I can't wait to see what is next.
What fun is it to follow rules? If you had, you would not have come up with this incredibly gorgeous photo! The gray tones make this so magical. And your compilation is perfect. Love it!
Cheater! :-) EXCELLENT image. It's nice when you're able to take what you see in your mind and turn it into reality. The "barely there" waterfall is an excellent touch, and the capture of the bird itself is wonderful - incredible detail. Very nice work as usual, my dear!
Nice minimalism! A hint of a waterfall to the right,...low contrast,...very impressionistic with the exception that the subject is in focus. Kudos!
I think if you took the brightness to the extreme in this one, you would probably have a joke that I heard in my childhood. (No reflection on your photo, of course. You have done this well. I'm simply commenting on the low contrast scenario.)
Joke: Child brings art teacher the same white sheet with which he started. When the teacher asks why he hasn't started, he responds, "O, I'm finished! This is a flock of geese in a snow storm!" :}
(I, also, got a few impressions of a scene out of the 1980's movie, The Never-Ending Story.)
Very ethereal. I love the lightness in the tones. I'd be curious to see it cropped tighter at the left, but I'm not sure it would be an improvement. Great capture!
Delicately beautiful. Nice processing compensation for the uncooperative bird ;-) I can easily see the little waterfall and waves which add some interest to the background without detracting at all from the bird, and I rather like centered compositions which aren't symmetrical. You left him lots of room to keep flying.
I am surprised you didn't enter this in the "bird" challenge. This would have been a favorite I'm sure. hmmm..wondering if you have something better up your sleeve.
No complaints about this one! Terrific composite. I agree with you about the rules -- sometimes, after seeing shot after shot perfectly composed (so far as the rule of thirds goes), it's refreshing to see something centered. Besides, there's enough going on in this photo to make up for your composition "flaw."
I love it. You did a great job with this one. My only "complaint" is that the bird is too centered in the image. There is also what looks like a series of line on the right behind the bird, I guess it is a wave crashing, but it seems a bit distracting as it does not come out clearly as a wave.
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