A Bird and its Echo
by vawendy

Comment by Barroness:
Absolutely Beautiful

Eros, Interrupted
by vawendy

Comment by spencelg:
My favorite in this challenge.

Dream and Dare
by vawendy

Comment by jmsetzler:
I saw your post in the forums regarding negative space and its interpretation. My thoughts on what it means in terms of the challenge is that the empty space (or the space not occupied by the primary subject of the image) sort of becomes the subject or theme of the image. It's a stretch to explain it because it, as with anything 'art', is subjective. It's one of the things that makes challenges difficult. Some find the challenges to be met or not because of different interpretations of what the challenge is. Your photograph here is extremely well executed. It has a lot of negative space... the darkness surrounding your furry friend. *MY* thoughts on your image are that you could create MORE impact with the negative space by moving the cat to the far left side of the frame and eliminate the 'negative space' behind the cat and have it all in front. I believe that having negative space uninterrupted makes it stronger. I have created two interpretations to share with you:



This one puts all the negative space in front of the cat. In my mind, this makes the negative space more powerful. Here is a more extreme version of the same idea:



I would have scored both of these interpretations even higher than the original.

Once again, it's all subjective. You might hate these ideas :) Cheers from western NC....

Finding My Balance
by vawendy

Comment by kichu:
perfect shot :)

Remnants of Coriander
by vawendy

Comment by glad2badad:
This is unique.

Hail to the King
by vawendy

Comment by Barroness:
Congratulations, this is a beautiful image of this bird and the branches that look icy and a stand out from the beautiful Bokeh background.

Hail to the King
by vawendy

Comment by Barroness:
Beautiful, icy cold looking day for this bird.

Hail to the King
by vawendy

Comment by glad2badad:
I'm jealous. :-) They spook easily, at least in my experience, and haven't caught one sitting still yet!

The Curtain Rises on an Aging Audience -- and Empty Seats
by vawendy

Comment by Melethia:
Plus old people arrive first - I know, I am one! In my little local friend group, we have BST, GST, and SST. Baby standard time (variable), Gay standard time (always late), and Senior standard time (always early).

White Dog Black Spot - Black Cat White Spot
by vawendy

Comment by vawendy:

Originally posted by glad2badad: Hi Wendy. Curious, what breed is your dog? Thanks!

It's a smooth collie -- same as Lassie, but with a short coat. He had both long and short haired brothers and sisters.