----- Original Message ----- From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Christian Skofteland wrote: > > > I think the flamingos http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id4.html are > > awesome. I could have watched and photographed them all day long. > > I can't believe the colour is real. Afternoon sun really saturated the colors. Some may think it's garish, but I really like the effect. > > My favourite is > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/wood_duck_imgp0927.jpg > > perhaps cropped at the top so that the duck is the top third. Great > reflections. thanks. I tried many ways to crop it and in the end, wasn't really happy with it because, except for the colors and maybe the reflections, it's really just a boring picture of a duck. More like a shot for a species identification book rather than the artistic shots i was going for. > > The sleeping lioness (minus dark shade at the top) is my second > favourite. Thanks again. I could have cropped out the shadow, but then I would have cut her tail off and I didn't think it would look good that way. She seemed very serene. Christian