I LOVE watching pelicans fly. They soar so beautifully. In a way, it's a wonderful silent symphony of sorts. I doubt this will meet the challenge, but I like it.
Had the opportunity this afternoon to shoot these guys at very nearly eye level. Such a treat!
[Feb. 13th, 2012 09:38:56 AM]
Ah. 4.2. So very good!
But it feels SO much better than my sucky score in the paper scissors contest where I MET THE DAMN CHALLENGE thankyouverymuch and still couldn't score.
I think I'll stick to the 4s.
[Feb. 13th, 2012 09:30:58 PM]
Note to Aldo - nope, not taken from a plane. Taken from a cliff overlooking the Pacific. They like to fly right along the edge - good air currents apparently.
[Feb. 15th, 2012 08:41:09 PM]
Lev has a good point. Pelicans are probably more in the cello range than violin.
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A cliff?
I should have guessed, I love cliffs and capes, the music of the wind, the rhythm of the waves breaking far away below.
Wait! Rhythm? Music? Nonsense, it's just water and air meeting rock, I forgot and did it again..
So did you :)
On a different note ( pun intended), I always found cliffs and promontories interesting, in that large birds love them because of air streams, and big fish because of water currents. Lots of activity on the bottom and the top.
A bit like certain images ;)
interesting... in my mind pelicans are associated with low notes, sea-gulls with mid-registers, and little guys like sanpipers - with sopranos and falsettos :) I like your free-flying interpretation!
Was this taken from a plane?
I see the similitude with the three top ones, a bit less with the two central legato ones, but hey, perhaps aking them to pose it in a slightly different way was not quite possible :D
This really goes against the general rule to expose for the highlights and put fill light in the shadows. You exposed for the underside of the birds in shadow and blew out the rest of the image. Sometime it is fun to break those rules!! I can see the concept you have created to loosely fit the challenge.
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