a dead pheasant. a devastating lens. this could ribbon. ayup. calculations to b/w, multiply the red channel with itself. then lighten up the bird just a smidge by merging it with itself on screen mode with low opacity.
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thank you, DPC! the response to this was better than I'd imagined, from voters and commentors.
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this is a lovely image. dark, deep, soft, sombre. the fence in front, the blur, just lovely. the juxtaposition of the pheasant and the industrial type shapes are fab too.
I don't like pictures of dead things. That said, I like this picture of a dead thing. 'Tis sad, poignant, speaks strongly of loss, decay, captivity and longing.
Wizard use of the fence. e301's comment sort of cracks me up and I do see a poor dead peasant in a shroud all trussed up in the fence, which at first was sort of by the way, but I think maybe is on the way..... Admire your BW; thanks for details.
Oh gosh; I wish I'd voted on this challenge now. My first reading of your comments told me: "a dead peasant ..." I'm almost sorry it wasn't the case, to put you in Robert Capa's territory.
Reminds me of a Nazi death camp. Something about those wires and beams fading out of focus and into the pure white sky. I can't imagine a better exposure/edit for this shot.
excellent photo Don, one of my top picks. I love the strong lines to put even more tension in the photo, making the viewer look for a break and drawing them into the pheasant.
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