a touch of color
hope
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 3 March 2008 in Animal & Insect.
Photo taken in Palo Alto, CA on December 5, 2007.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Shawshank Redemption
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Head raised high in confident expectation. Excellent.
3 Mar 2008 6:11am
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
How I love this series! Pure beauty in its simplicity. There's nothing to add.
3 Mar 2008 7:51am
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
This makes for a great silhouette!
3 Mar 2008 8:02am
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
I love the way you've interpreted the birds posture to convey his mood, a great series of shots e.
3 Mar 2008 9:24am
Koushiro from Singapore, Singapore
Lovely series! I like the way the bird is stationary on the wire! The silhouette is beautiful!
3 Mar 2008 1:16pm
kairospix from Singapore, Singapore
hey e. tks ofr your visit to my pblog
sorry haven't been visiting your pblog for quite awhile...
very nice minimalist shot!
noticed it's take at 300mm - wow you bought a 300mm lens?!? is it the famous 70-300mm VR Nikkor lens?
and you've got a D40X - cool! heh heh maybe the next can be a D300 or D3? :)
3 Mar 2008 2:18pm
Antares from Madras, India
Nicely captured, and an excellent series. every picture (possibly with the exception of the first), matches the title uncannily
3 Mar 2008 2:44pm
HorseRotorVator from Newton, United States
Nice series. The title controls the image. Nice. Once you say hope I look at the bird as if he needed hope. Nice. :)
3 Mar 2008 6:43pm
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
This is outstandingly beautiful. I think this deserves the highest praise, e.
3 Mar 2008 8:46pm
standley from Brou-sur-Chantereine, France
Looking up now. Hope as you say. Well done.
3 Mar 2008 9:02pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Another nice piece of work with the birds sillhouette, all of them are top notch.
3 Mar 2008 10:26pm
Mandy from South Africa
Hey e, was trying to play catch up on your blog as I was mia...great posts the past few days...Lovet hese silhouette shots of the birds......I hope your exams are going okay! :)
4 Mar 2008 6:37am
Nikon D40X
1/800 second
F/5.6
ISO 200
300 mm (35mm equiv.)