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I was inspired by Chris O'Reilly's essence of waders.
It's easy to tell you about what this image gives to me but more importantly, if you have a memory triggered or an emotion sparked, tell us what it is. That's where your story lies and what I'm trying to awaken from you through my images.
A love of nature resides in all of us and photography is just one tool at our disposal to evoke it.
Nice image, Chris, but then, as you've seen, I love this sort of stuff so I'm going to say that, aren't I?.
Capturing (and then imparting to others) the emotional response a photographer has to any scene is difficult. I recall only a handful of pictures that do it very effectively - probably the most recent was Miguel Lasa's polar bear shot, "Polar sunrise" (from WPOY '08).
Back to your image; it does evoke memories of similar experiences, most of them missed photographically, unfortunately. Doh!
While I like the image as it stands, it would be improved (for me) if the bird was higher in the frame - this would give the reflection a smidge more space to 'breath'. Overall though, very enjoyable.
Love it. Would prefer the reflection cropped out as I dont think it adds to the fantastic feeling of movement from the simple bird/water streaks. Lovely.
Posted by David Kjaer on July 23, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Hi Chris
I like it!
David
Posted by Mark Hamblin on July 23, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Tend to agree with John that the reflection is more of a distraction that an addition to the shot. Would have liked to have a wee bit more movement as well. Its not bad though!!
great image, the colours and lines and position of the O/C are great, possibly would prefer more blur in the near wing, and dont mind the reflection, adds a bit to the picture
Discussion
11 repliesIt's easy to tell you about what this image gives to me but more importantly, if you have a memory triggered or an emotion sparked, tell us what it is. That's where your story lies and what I'm trying to awaken from you through my images.
A love of nature resides in all of us and photography is just one tool at our disposal to evoke it.
Chris
Rene de Heer
JohnR
Capturing (and then imparting to others) the emotional response a photographer has to any scene is difficult. I recall only a handful of pictures that do it very effectively - probably the most recent was Miguel Lasa's polar bear shot, "Polar sunrise" (from WPOY '08).
Back to your image; it does evoke memories of similar experiences, most of them missed photographically, unfortunately. Doh!
While I like the image as it stands, it would be improved (for me) if the bird was higher in the frame - this would give the reflection a smidge more space to 'breath'. Overall though, very enjoyable.
Cheers,
Chris
Drew
I like it!
David
paul