Thank you all. This has been an interesting read. The picture has turned the tough guy, Mr. Robb into a poet. That speaks for itself ;-) I'm blushing :-) Anyway, you seem to have nailed what I was communicating.
Now I'm going into the sunset looking for a place to set up my tipi for a night or two. Hopefully it will result in more pictures. Tim Typo Mostly Harmless ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 5:09 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" > Subject: Re: PESO - Bird in heavy weather > > > > >>> http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=307594 >>> I was light on the contrast here. The idea was to keep the impact >>> of the >>> heavy weather. >> >> I think it's great. The bird really looks miserable, trudging along >> the beach. Collar up, wings in its pocket :-) > > Yes, indeed. There is something very expressive about its posture. > Might be a little more effective if the color were desaturated a > touch or rendered to monochrome, but I like it as is too. > > He looks like he is trudging home through a blizzard after a long day at > the > factory, knowing that there is just a bowl of cold thin gruel awaiting > when > he gets there because the heat got cut off because they had to choose > between heat and medicine to save the life of baby Bird. > A very sad life for Mr. Bird. > No happiness. > No songs. > I think Tim has made some very good choices here regarding the level of > saturation, I think a little less saturation in the seaweed or whatever it > is in the foreground would improve the picture by making it even more > depressing. > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/787 - Release Date: 03.05.2007 > 14:11 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
