Raven. Sorry it's a "dark" and sinister image. That's just the way it came out of PP. This was the biggest raven I've ever seen. He was more than a little spooky and intimidating. Certainly was an evil spirit of some kind.
[Mar. 9th, 2010 07:56:31 PM]
Must be art because some people hate this image and some people really like it. That's about as creative as I can be. So, I'll get back to my nature photography,
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7 - I like this, wish he/she popped a fraction more (even though there is good pop now) - a more refined crop at the bottom too. Personal preference, but either the sat (especially on the eye) up a bit weirder or otherwise down, as the background colors are competing too much for attention, maybe - not sure. Also wish there was a little more room 'above'. Up to 7 from 6.
I really like this. Everything from the graduated tones, to the crow's posture and clenched claws, to the red eye evokes a feeling of mystery and doom. The title is priceless!!! good great work.
A good capture, a lovely (and super-intelligent) bird, an odd colour choice, and not really "fine art". It doesn't work for me beyond interesting comparisons of texture vis-a-vis the wings and needles. What is going on here?
I don't care for the choice to go with the purple duotone processing. There also appears to be a lot of haloing as a result of heavy post processing around the wing on the left and ghosting, especially around the foliage and stems on the bottom of the image. On a positive note, you did a great job catching this bird in flight while maintaining a lot of sharp detail.
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