I think #2 in the series has the most visible hint of the cause of death, with the reflection of the apartment block in the eye of the bird. The other one with the reflection, with the human shape included, hints more at hunting than accident, in my opinion.
You sure about genus Gallinago? I'm no ornithologist either, but from the pics I think it could also be a woodcock (genus Scolopax): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodcock_earthworm.jpg Jostein 2010/3/24 eckinator <[email protected]>: > First PESO in a long time; yesterday, a (probably common) snipe or > becassine as some say here (family Scolopacidae, order Gallinago, > sorry but I am no ornithologist so I can't quite tell for sure) hit my > window and fell to the ground below, presumably neck broken. > > I photographed the finding situation which gave itself to the > interpretation I tried to portray how its life was cut short by man > made structure. Don't know if I succeeded, I have some doubts. > > Exposure corrected -1 EV from 3 shot bracket, looks OK on my non > calibrated screen, 0 EV has less detail and blown out areas, shot > taken from a tripod but the head kept slipping (called Novoflex after > and I wish it had come with a manual when I bought it used; clamp > strength adjustment is disgustingly easy) so I needed to shoot > semi-handheld with shorter times and higher ISO. > > http://tinyurl.com/yeedjp4 > > Same Picasa web album as always > Comments invited & appreciated as always > > Cheers > Ecke > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
