That's a tough one and while I understand the feelings of your family, you're just photographing the world you inhabit. There is sometimes beauty in death, or even if it's not beautiful there may be a story worth capturing and showing.
Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Tim Bray <[email protected]> Sent: March 11, 2012 3/11/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird We went for a waterfront walk today, and I took a picture that is causing family grief. It was of the remains of a bird, slaughtered and taken apart and almost entirely eaten by a raptor or (more likely) a feline, left on a granite surface; the contrast between black feathers and pink muscle tissue was shocking but I thought sort of beautiful against the speckled stone. Fortunately I had the 50-135mm with me and got what I think is a hell of a picture. Unfortunately my wife & kids think I’m a sicko pervert for taking it (a dozen or more shots at varying exposures, just to be sure, while they averted their eyes) and even sicker for liking it, and are threatening me with defenestration or worse if I publish. I’m not sure what to do. -T -- 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. -- 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.
