Bird of Prey in a Classroom

DionysusDionysus Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
edited April 11, 2010 in Street and Documentary
@ The Cornell University Vet School Open House today. I loved the contrast of a hawk in a classroom LOL

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  • FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2010
    I love this picture. It's as though the young woman and the bird are both contemplating at the same thing. Her nose and the bird's beak make a charming juxtaposition.

    I'd be tempted to crop it to a square, cutting off the bottom portion of the picture.

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,952 moderator
    edited April 11, 2010
    Very nice. thumb.gif
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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2010
    There is beauty in this image and I think a square crop starting just below the top of her head would really set it off.
  • PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2010
    Very nice. I can't decide if the art on the wall to the left is distracting me or if the curly bits in it echo the woman's hair.
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  • DionysusDionysus Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2010
    that's funny, because i thought the same thing about the square crop, but was afraid I'd cut too much from the photo, or it'd get overly noisy...I might give it a try.
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  • DionysusDionysus Registered Users Posts: 226 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2010
    how's this? i kept all of the hawk's talons, because for some reason it felt wrong to lose them, and took more off the top to keep them in...but hope this works. it does bring out more emotion from the picture though

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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2010
    I like the 1st version much better
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,952 moderator
    edited April 11, 2010
    How about this?

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  • michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2010
    Richard, that's the crop that works for me. Beautiful image.
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