a touch of color
flying free
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 10 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
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Nice capture of Mr. Seagull. Love the reflection on the water.
10 Jun 2008 5:23am
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Beautiful e, what a georgous scene, I love the golden shimmering reflection of the sun on the water.
10 Jun 2008 9:23am
Rabbit from Richmond, United States
Nice shot with the sun reflecting off the water.
10 Jun 2008 10:25am
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Very pretty, e. Love that shimmer on the water.
10 Jun 2008 11:34am
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
Simple nice composition. We can feel a lot of peacefulness in this landscape.
10 Jun 2008 12:32pm
Death from Mashhad, Iran
The composion in the image in nice but i see more noise and rotated horizental line (3'), maybe edit for correct those!
good luck
10 Jun 2008 12:34pm
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Peaceful, relaxing capture. Can imagine myself sitting back and enjoying a glass of wine watching all this happen in front of me.
10 Jun 2008 12:48pm
Elisa from Massachusetts, United States
wow E.! this is a beautiful composition!! great capture!
10 Jun 2008 3:06pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
the bird makes the difference here - nice image
10 Jun 2008 3:43pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
It is very striking e. like a reward after a long day, excellent ;)
10 Jun 2008 4:56pm
standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France
Superb backlight shot with this bird's silhouette!
10 Jun 2008 9:31pm
MJ from Delaware, United States
another wonderful shot...the silhouette and also the shimmer of the sun on the water
10 Jun 2008 9:54pm
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
Such picturers of flying birds, especially in a light like this, always give a sense of hope and optimism. Very imnpressive! What a coincidence that I took some flying bird pictures too!
11 Jun 2008 5:52pm
Nishana Minhaz from Calicut, India
Something very soothing 'bout this picture! Beautiful capture..
13 Jun 2008 12:14pm
Nikon D200
1/4000 second
F/25.0
ISO 1600
42 mm (35mm equiv.)