I quite like this. I'm always amazed how eveything in nature is beautiful compared with some of the structures man comes up. A little clockwise rotation would make the contrast between the straight lines in man-made objects and the rounded bird complete.
I REALLY REALLY like this. Its dramatic, graphic and informative. A really inspired treatment, and the placement of the bird is just spot on - too easy to fall into the trap of thinking 'bird' and letting it dominate (compositionally). Instead you've considered the whole frame and where visually the bird might be best located. And as Chris says, the contrast between man-made and natural is well made.
Not a criticism, more a query - the fan-like spread of girders from behind the bird - do they converge on a common point? What would that have looked like if included?? I ask because part of me wonders whether that would have made it even more dramatic.
But that said - this is a really really good image, of the type we see too few of (in my humble opinion of course). Well done sir.
Posted by David Kjaer on September 4, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Ditto Matt's comments but always good to see something different!
I really like this too. It's very bold. It would be interesting to see where the girders converge but I guess it would also include another upright that would unbalance the image. Nice one Jack.
Terry
Posted by jack chapman on September 5, 2009 at 8:12 AM
thanks for the comments all, here's one with the lines converging, bird is higher in the frame also so as to avoid getting in the outer edge of the pylon on the left, which as Terry suggested rather unbalances the image, personally i am not as keen on the composition of this one
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Matt
I quite like this. I'm always amazed how eveything in nature is beautiful compared with some of the structures man comes up. A little clockwise rotation would make the contrast between the straight lines in man-made objects and the rounded bird complete.
Chris
Not a criticism, more a query - the fan-like spread of girders from behind the bird - do they converge on a common point? What would that have looked like if included?? I ask because part of me wonders whether that would have made it even more dramatic.
But that said - this is a really really good image, of the type we see too few of (in my humble opinion of course). Well done sir.
David
Terry
Drew