A flock of White-Faced Ibis launches into flight from Lake Estes, Estes Park, CO.
[May. 1st, 2011 10:43:31 AM]
Seems a bit underappreciated. This perfectly meets the challenge, but is receiving quite a lot of low votes. For those who voted DNMC, I refer you to the Queen song and lyrics.
More likely, the image does not present the ibis flock to best advantage at 800 pixels. I really like this image at full screen size.
Only 1 comment, so far.
[May. 3rd, 2011 10:15:08 PM]
I've been seriously disappointed with the score on this image. I think it's very good nature photography AND it meets the challenge well. The good comments didn't give me a clue as to reasons for the low votes. I'll guess this image at 800 pixels didn't show enough detail and/or the image seemed too busy to some.
Sometimes a difficult technical shot is under-appreciated here. Have some of the low voters go out and try to get a shot like this!
No matter how difficult a shot is, it is the shot itself which people look at. Take a Porsche vs an old BMW 3-series with rusting and a bad paint job but with a new, drag-tuned engine under the bonnet and slicks on it. Doesnt matter that the Porsche isnt as fast as the BMW (ie the BMW is "technically superior"), people are always going to look at the Porsche, and on the surface think it is the faster (read "better") car...
So with that rather strained analogy out of the way, the shot doesnt strike you as it is shot in overcast weather and the colour contrast (and general contrast) is minimal. There is no real flow in the image / no point of interest (the eye just wonders around aimlessly looking at a mass of birds). It also looks on first view like it is a man-made reservoir and thus not "natural" for the birds to be there (read "not idyllic nature photography eye candy"). Maybe with a better backdrop, some "pop" in the colours and a composition which draws the viewer into an element of the photo to concentrate on then you would have scored higher. (i didnt vote in this challenge)
Looking at your portfolio seems to contradict that you wouldnt have seen this anyway - but i thought i would reply as you seemed frustrated that it didnt score as high as you thought it should.
This is a good shot Richard. Much better when viewed at a larger size. Perhaps just a bit of trying to get too much into a small frame. Sometimes a difficult technical shot is under-appreciated here. Have some of the low voters go out and try to get a shot like this!
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