A mating dance..

Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
edited February 21, 2005 in Wildlife
I shot these 2 love birds...black birds or crows; not sure..headscratch.gif I watched them for about 10 minutes as they performed a sort of ceremonial mating dance. She would get all puffed up and sing, He just looked toward the sky as if pleading.. for her to stop singing maybe? Then the roles would switch. He would puff up and sing and she looked toward the sky..They let me get quite close to them and didn't even notice me or my camera...
It was a bright overcast morning..Shot with 717. Converted to BW because other than the wood there was no color..


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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2005
    I love the sillouettes (SP?)

    Nice
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  • ridetwistyroadsridetwistyroads Registered Users Posts: 526 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2005
    I love the fine patterned feathers on the bird to the left, whatta cool shot! I love the ones where you wait and wait and wait, and finnaly get your pay off.
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  • Tim KirkwoodTim Kirkwood Registered Users Posts: 900 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2005
    Trish this is just great. I really enjoy this shot and the story. Animals are very interesting to watch and learn from.


    Thank you so much for sharing.

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  • ShakeyShakey Registered Users Posts: 1,004 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2005
    I think it is an excellent capture clap.gif Way to go!!!
  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2005
    trish, this is lovely. charming! i took it, bumped up the highs, so that it was more uniformly blown out. and i also made a small version of it, look for it in the dgrin banner soon!

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  • KhaosKhaos Registered Users Posts: 2,435 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2005
    I really like this one. Simple yet says so much. Very nice!thumb.gifthumb.gif
  • gregneilgregneil Registered Users Posts: 255 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Trish - great picture! I think the silhouette works perfectly here. And it's given me some great ideas too! Now where did I put that phone number...
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator
    edited February 21, 2005
    This is really cool! I love it.

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,249 moderator
    edited February 21, 2005
    Trish323 wrote:
    I shot these 2 love birds...black birds or crows; not sure..headscratch.gif I watched them for about 10 minutes as they ...
    Trish, Great shot! This would win a POTD somewhere, I'm sure.
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  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Trish, fanatastic!
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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Great shot Trish
    That must have been a riot to watch! clap.gifclap.gif
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  • AngeloAngelo Super Moderators Posts: 8,937 moderator
    edited February 21, 2005
    Trish this is great. Thanks for sharing.
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  • CosmicCosmic Registered Users Posts: 219 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    What a fabulous capture! Well done! thumb.gif

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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    andy wrote:
    trish, this is lovely. charming! i took it, bumped up the highs, so that it was more uniformly blown out. and i also made a small version of it, look for it in the dgrin banner soon!

    thumb.gif

    16222319-L.jpg
    Thanks Andy! You'll have to tell me how exactly you did that! So much I need to still learn about PP! Also let me know about the banner???
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Cosmic wrote:
    What a fabulous capture! Well done! thumb.gif

    ~Heidi~
    Thank you Heidi. It was a fun shot to capture.
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Angelo wrote:
    Trish this is great. Thanks for sharing.
    Thank you Angelo!
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Dee wrote:
    That must have been a riot to watch! clap.gifclap.gif
    Hi Dee, It was! I was amazed at how they totally ignored me...they were so wrpped up in their little thing...Laughing.gif
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Nir wrote:
    Trish, fanatastic!
    Thanks Nir! Appreciate it.
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    David_S85 wrote:
    Trish, Great shot! This would win a POTD somewhere, I'm sure.

    David,

    Thanks for your generous comments, I will have to look in to submitting it!
  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    This is really cool! I love it.

    Ian
    Thank you, Ian!
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Trish323 wrote:
    I shot these 2 love birds...black birds or crows; not sure..headscratch.gif I watched them for about 10 minutes as they performed a sort of ceremonial mating dance. She would get all puffed up and sing, He just looked toward the sky as if pleading.. for her to stop singing maybe? Then the roles would switch. He would puff up and sing and she looked toward the sky..They let me get quite close to them and didn't even notice me or my camera...
    It was a bright overcast morning..Shot with 717. Converted to BW because other than the wood there was no color..

    Outstanding Trish. clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    2 thumb.gif Trish
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  • Trish323Trish323 Registered Users Posts: 908 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Outstanding Trish. clap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
    Thanks Harry..I shot this the last time I met you up at the WL/...just didn't have time to do anything w/it...
    Trish
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