DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest You are not logged in. (log in or register) 
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images

You are viewing the 1st image.
bird, there is no instance of your flight
bird, there is no instance of your flight
posthumous


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Missed Focus (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Symbols
Camera: Canon EOS-40D
Lens: Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro
Location: Long Beach Island, NJ
Date: Sep 20, 2009
Aperture: 2,8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 180
Galleries: Blur, Birds
Date Uploaded: Sep 20, 2009

 snapped a bird as it flew overhead with overexposed manual settings. the settings were for something else, but serendipity worked its magic.

crop, curves, levels

==================

the title came from my poem:

Bird, there is no instance of your flight,
no room beside the cloud in your big eye.
You broke the blue glass, convinced the sun
to hide from the white sky while the day died.

Bird, your wings have churned desire to butter,
stuck me in the makings of your motion.
I remain at the bottom of a nothing
that your feathery devices grip, and rise.

No water can wash you from these surfaces,
no wave from any depth of me can reach
the flat forever ricochet of sight,
the marvel of your life, like crystal dreams
that overtook reality and thought
and left behind kaleidoscopic lights.

Statistics
Place: 113 out of 122
Avg (all users): 4.4615
Avg (commenters): 5.7143
Avg (participants): 4.5000
Avg (non-participants): 4.4308
Views since voting: 769
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 117
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 09/25/2009 06:47:47 PM
I like the missed focus, but not the chromatic aberrations.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 09/23/2009 12:32:07 PM
Some heavy purple fringing makes this appear unnatural. Also, for an OOF subject, the edge of the bird against the sky is a fairly hard edge. It does not come off to me very well, I'm afraid.

Edited for phat phingers. I hate when I misspell things.

Message edited by author 2009-09-28 00:22:58.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX 18-105 f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
 09/22/2009 08:52:07 PM
Elegant composition.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 09/22/2009 03:21:34 AM
Something intriguing about the leading cyan line on the bird, as though it is shifting planes. I'm normally not fond of pure white/black backgrounds, but it kinda works here.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4G ED VR
 09/22/2009 12:15:41 AM
Good
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus E-620
Olympus 14-42mm f.3.5-5.6 ED Zuiko Digital Zoom
 09/21/2009 10:38:24 PM
I like the outline of the bird.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/21/2009 09:45:21 PM
Oops....the bird moved.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/13/2026 09:27:22 AM EDT.