A difficult task, to be sure. I'm not sure how to show the level of context needed with such a small subject. Your comments help tremendously. The 3rd one gives me the most feeling of demise. Beyond what you have done, all I can think of is a fisheye lens with the bird taking up most of the frame with the human structures behind it.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 3:51:29 AM, you wrote: e> First PESO in a long time; yesterday, a (probably common) snipe or e> becassine as some say here (family Scolopacidae, order Gallinago, e> sorry but I am no ornithologist so I can't quite tell for sure) hit my e> window and fell to the ground below, presumably neck broken. e> I photographed the finding situation which gave itself to the e> interpretation I tried to portray how its life was cut short by man e> made structure. Don't know if I succeeded, I have some doubts. e> Exposure corrected -1 EV from 3 shot bracket, looks OK on my non e> calibrated screen, 0 EV has less detail and blown out areas, shot e> taken from a tripod but the head kept slipping (called Novoflex after e> and I wish it had come with a manual when I bought it used; clamp e> strength adjustment is disgustingly easy) so I needed to shoot e> semi-handheld with shorter times and higher ISO. e> http://tinyurl.com/yeedjp4 e> Same Picasa web album as always e> Comments invited & appreciated as always e> Cheers e> 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.
