bluechameleon
passing through
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 30 March 2009 in Abstract & Conceptual.
“We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.”
-- Australian Aboriginal Proverb
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Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
Great photo and I love the Proverb! Thanks for the insight and photography!
30 Mar 2009 5:02am
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
You tricked me.. If I look at the clouds there is texture behind looking like an aerial photo, but then it looks like it was taken from the ground. How did you manage to be above and below at the same time? :)
30 Mar 2009 5:16am
@Nataly: Thank you Nataly! Actually there is a layer of texture that I have added to this shot, and usually I will indicate that in my tags, but I forgot. Thanks for the reminder, and your kind words :)
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Absolutely beautiful. I am always amazed at the wonderful images you make.
30 Mar 2009 5:32am
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
extraordinaire photo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! quelle sensation .................******
30 Mar 2009 5:46am
Toni from Eastern Washington, United States
Like Nataly, I'm trying to figure out how you could be above and below at once. Great photo!
30 Mar 2009 5:54am
k@ from Paris, France
Love these wide open wings over these beautiful clouds - and that quote.... You always write the music & the lyrics so well !
30 Mar 2009 6:02am
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
Absolutely stunning in every respect! Also strangely disturbing....will surely linger in my minds eye for a long time! The Proverb is just so true! Thanks!
30 Mar 2009 6:33am
Angel from Madrid, Spain
I like the angle that brings about the composition. Beautiful and intense black and white
Greetings
30 Mar 2009 7:32am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
great angle and frame ! feeling of freedom ! and I love the proverb !
30 Mar 2009 8:25am
P J W Miller from Chase Terrace, United Kingdom
Super timely capture and interesting pp
30 Mar 2009 8:43am
dan from Paris, France
The freedom at the end of wings ...... really very beautiful !
30 Mar 2009 9:21am
Philip from Joburg, South Africa
Interesting capture Silo of a black bird against white clouds COOL!
30 Mar 2009 9:25am
Nicolas from Paris, France
Great ! I love the strange mood, this dramatic sky and the fly of the bird !
30 Mar 2009 9:57am
zOOm from Paris, France
A very eyecatching compo Sharon. A pure jewel of graphism.
30 Mar 2009 11:00am
Marcie from Newton, United States
Wonderful composition. Love the stark diagonal that frames the bird and the ominous sky!!!
30 Mar 2009 11:45am
vu@granby - Wolfgang from Granby, Québec, Canada
Wow, so simple and yet so complex, love it!
30 Mar 2009 12:22pm
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Très bon cadrage, un proverbe qui accompagne bien cette superbe composition!
30 Mar 2009 12:40pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Wonderful image. There is something very haunting about the bird.
30 Mar 2009 1:43pm
Tracy from La Selva Beach, United States
WOW! dreamy & intense at the same time. Gorgeous.
30 Mar 2009 1:48pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
A beautiful thought and the bird's freedom spells out the rest, fabulous!!!
30 Mar 2009 1:53pm
grant from kansas city, United States
stunning shot - it looks like the bird flew through the sky, through an opening in the sky.
30 Mar 2009 1:55pm
john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Perfect marriage of photograph and proverb! The bird is stunning!
30 Mar 2009 2:23pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
I am glad you forgot to right the technical details. It takes the mystery away most of the time. Here I stayed and tried to figure out this image for some time until I asked :)
30 Mar 2009 3:24pm
xavier cardell from menorca-barcelona, Spain
I just found your blog... Amazing, I love it all
30 Mar 2009 4:03pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
excellent image - the bird makes the whole image
30 Mar 2009 5:16pm
Krims@nline.be from Wemmel, Belgium
Awesome shot ... Well done. Love the contrastbetween the clouds and the bird.
30 Mar 2009 6:07pm
CushmoK from France
Très belle image menaçante par la construction anguleuse et cette présence ailée..
30 Mar 2009 6:19pm
Susan from United States
Great capture. I love the framing and the processing. Excellent title as well!
30 Mar 2009 7:06pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
nice dramatic sky shown here sharon! Likewise the silhouette bird caught is extraordinary too!
30 Mar 2009 7:18pm
Phototherapy from Switzerland
I really love this one, the right line, the different layers of white, everything conduct to the raven, who is just passing above us. A story in one frame, very smart construction... (btw, interesting "blue" sky made of...earth, it's what I recognize ;)
30 Mar 2009 8:40pm
Ilan from Israel
Amazing outcome. Like a movie scene.
I love the drama, the skies, the original composition - not many will compose a flying bird right at the "end" of it's line of flight.
Splendid image.
30 Mar 2009 8:46pm
Cheryl from Texas, United States
I love the texture you've put in the sky, it makes the image more dramatic looking. the bird's open wings are magnificant! perfect timimg
30 Mar 2009 10:00pm
Rotten Pixels from United Kingdom
very well done! I love how you have fitted the proverb to the image. very good.
30 Mar 2009 10:37pm
Brian Chen from Seattle, United States
The post processing of this photo certainly gave it a mood that went perfectly well with the crow and the dark sky
31 Mar 2009 12:11am
Benjamin Gustafsson from Austin, United States
Wow! What an incredible moment you've captured!
31 Mar 2009 12:44am
Mike Paulison from United States
I love pictures like this in general. Yours of course best of all. This bird makes me think of a messenger of some kind. The processing is great.
31 Mar 2009 1:37am
Sidney from Manila, Philippines
Strong..dark...dramatic image... a bit scary !
Well done!
31 Mar 2009 2:12am
nadia from Canberra, Australia
wow! this is like it's an image out of a horror but magical movie..like the wizard of oz or something.. Really nice! love the contrasts and the angle you took! amazing!! :)))
31 Mar 2009 2:40am
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Faboulus picture and processing... great atmosphere
31 Mar 2009 3:09am
One from Açores, Portugal
This is a wonderful and difficult to capture this bird of prey, I like the contrast very well, Congratulations !
31 Mar 2009 4:07am
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Love the 'last moment' feeling to this . . dramatic impact.
2 Apr 2009 12:25am
Nikon D70
1/320 second
F/10.0
70 mm