A Hazy Shade of Winter

wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
edited February 1, 2010 in Landscapes
792-raven-bw-r6294.jpg

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  • DeeCajunDeeCajun Registered Users Posts: 515 Major grins
    edited January 27, 2010
    Neat shot..
  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    DeeCajun wrote:
    Neat shot..

    Thank you.

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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited January 28, 2010
    Picture book. Also something Chinese about the BG. I think I would get a greater variety of tone into it - darken the bird, and also the nearer vegetation, and increase contrast.

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    NeilL wrote:
    Picture book. Also something Chinese about the BG. I think I would get a greater variety of tone into it - darken the bird, and also the nearer vegetation, and increase contrast.

    Neil

    Thanks Neil. I'm going through this love/hate thing with it- which usually isn't too good. I actually lightened up the raven, so it's no problem darkening it when I come back to it. I think I'll like it better in a few weeks away from it. It is a wicked looking background, but was interesting so I figured I'd see if I could make anything out of it. There were two ravens cawing at me and I thought it'd be cool if one would be in the shot. Sure enough, one swooped through.

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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    wfeller wrote:
    Thanks Neil. I'm going through this love/hate thing with it- which usually isn't too good. I actually lightened up the raven, so it's no problem darkening it when I come back to it. I think I'll like it better in a few weeks away from it. It is a wicked looking background, but was interesting so I figured I'd see if I could make anything out of it. There were two ravens cawing at me and I thought it'd be cool if one would be in the shot. Sure enough, one swooped through.

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    :D Yes I know the feeling!

    To clarify, I meant just get a bit more tone and contrast in the MG vegetation, I wouldn't touch the BG, it's perfect!

    Neil
    "Snow. Ice. Slow!" "Half-winter. Half-moon. Half-asleep!"

    http://www.behance.net/brosepix
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited January 29, 2010
    You captured a dingy dreary winter day beautifully :D
    Mary
    www.Dogdotsphotography.com
  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2010
    Dogdots wrote:
    You captured a dingy dreary winter day beautifully :D

    Thanks Mary Kim.
    Anybody can do it.
  • wendellwendell Registered Users Posts: 308 Major grins
    edited January 31, 2010
    Cool shot, don't see a lot of birds flying downhill. Nice perspective and wintry feel to the shot.
  • wfellerwfeller Registered Users Posts: 2,625 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2010
    wendell wrote:
    Cool shot, don't see a lot of birds flying downhill. Nice perspective and wintry feel to the shot.

    Thank you. A friend mentioned it reminded him of the following poem by Wallace Stevens:

    It was evening all afternoon.
    It was snowing
    And it was going to snow.
    The blackbird sat
    In the cedar-limbs.

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    I thought it fit quite nicely.

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