flight
by hopper

Comment:
Very intense | nice texture | bits of red really complete the image | the impression from the horizontal cracks that your leaning left/off angle is a little distracting to me but not terribly so! Came back to bump you up... << 9 >>

who... me ?
by tannah

Comment:
Nice capture & humor - very cute!

Swan-a-Swimming
by KarenNfld

Comment:
Ah! Bird flu!

Hey, When are those Three French Hens Going to Show Up?
by noraneko

Comment:
Nice bird! << 8 >>

Four Calling Birds
by Prism

Comment:
Yes!

Three French Hens
by bandit

Comment:
Awesomely witty - nice french flag border to boot! << 10 >>

House Hubby
by MAK

Comment:
I also gave this a 9 & it was my pick to win... WTF?

Chef
by digitalknight

Comment:
Congrats, but WTH? You're not a chef...

The Photojournalist
by staab

Comment:
Hey, I have that head! (well, 2 actually...) and I have the 503 which I like a lot more. I also have a Cartoni, which cost more than it's worth, IMHO but the carbon fiber legs make up for the less than stellar head... Kudos for putting a decent lens on that XL2, I have the original XL1 which still gets used! Not much though since I have an HVX-200 at work...

Good luck - came back to add more to my comment & bump you up a notch. Criticisms: I would have used more diffusion on your key to soften the shadows & flagged/scrimmed off the area hitting the white of the camera to help bring some detail back there. A back light would have been great to add a little bit of modeling to all that black plastic. Believe it or not, I actually think the red velvet is hurting you quite a bit here, but that's probably my own personal taste... To me the worst is the hard shadows.

Good luck - you'll probably beat my entry which ended up being a last minute snap-shot (after abandoning my other shot which took almost 2 hours to light & set-up - lol).

Message edited by author 2007-01-01 02:28:19.

Silent Tree For The Singing Birds
by De Sousa

Comment:
I would die to spend a week learning lighting from you!