a touch of color
searching
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 8 June 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Photo taken in Washington DC on April 11, 2008.
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
Helma from Tehran, Iran
wowow .. Powerful shot !! very very nice capture ... excellent !
8 Jun 2008 9:44am
Isaac from Washington,D.c, United States
I like this capture. The bird almost blends into the background. The shapes and the tones of the water really give the feeling of movement, while maintaining detail. very nice.
8 Jun 2008 5:42pm
DaveB from Exeter, United Kingdom
Cool shot, love the lighting on the back of the gull! Did you do much post-processing on this one?
8 Jun 2008 7:49pm
@DaveB: No not really. As a general rule, I try to avoid post processing, unless the photo feels a little washed out, in which case I adjust the brightness/contrast.
rem_la from Villiers, France
la pauvre bete ne me semble pas en tres grande forme ....
8 Jun 2008 8:28pm
standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France
Great capture. We can really feel the effort here. Well done!
8 Jun 2008 8:56pm
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
The gull is really in search of something. Keys to the house?
I like the light and the fairly tight composition works nicely.
8 Jun 2008 11:05pm
Koushiro~光子郎 from Singapore, Singapore
Wow nice effect on the water and the colours on the bird is just marvelous! Well done!
8 Jun 2008 11:30pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
wonderful image! was it a dark cloudy day? nice capture
9 Jun 2008 1:31am
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
Now this is really something e. Well done. I like the pp and the angle. Where were you .... on a boat or a bridge? Thanks for your faithful visits to my blog. I haven't visited lately as I have been really off my head busy and also away for most of last week.
9 Jun 2008 3:15am
@Helen: I was on the coast zoomed in on the bird. :) I hope that you're not too busy to take more wonderful photos!
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
My eyes don't focus on the gull but on the water instead. Moving the eyes around we see the movement of water, of the waves. Brilliant.
10 Jun 2008 5:44pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Really a fine shot here. The color values are beautiful and you've captured a moment in time.
11 Jun 2008 2:35am
Nikon D200
1/1500 second
F/20.0
ISO 1600
225 mm (35mm equiv.)