A Feather's Tale
Uploaded: February 06, 2011
Feathers blowing in the wind tell the tale of a battle lost for one Male Cardinal.
Exif: F Number: 14, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/1250 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 320, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 270.00 mm, Model: NIKON D5000
Gord MacEachern February 06, 2011
OMG, amazing capture Julie, almost a surreal feeling to it. Winner in my book. Can't be a happy ending for the male Cardinal. #1350745Tammy M. Anderson February 06, 2011
This is gorgeous, Julie. Well seen and captured. #9216076Ron McEwan February 06, 2011
Amazing image Julie, well composed and use of light. A mystery feeling rushes in when you look at this. WHAT HAPPENED!! #9216090Patti Coblentz February 06, 2011
It's beautiful image of light, color, detail, and movement, but ohh...poor cardinal! #9216259Monnie Ryan February 06, 2011
Just gorgeous, Julie, but I feel so sad about that cardinal! I'll hope he made it out okay, just minus several feathers! #9216270Julie Burnett February 06, 2011
Thank you Gord, Tammy, and Ron. This is hands down the oddest thing I've ever submitted. When feeding the birds, you feed the predators also. Looking at the prints, a cat won this meal. I just found a certain gracefulness to the remaining feathers. #9216282Bojan Bencic February 06, 2011
Amazing light and capture, Julie. Rough natural scene. #9216327Jack Ryan February 06, 2011
Very creative with excellent comp...excellent lighting...very well done, Julie!!! #9216340Val Feldman February 06, 2011
Such beautiful light and wonderfully soft colors in this amazing (but sad ending for the cardinal) abstract...great flow and movement captured here, as well...a real beauty of a capture, Ms. J! I'm hoping (like Monnie) the cardinal was a bit more cagey than the cat!! #9216609Leslie McLain February 06, 2011
Beautiful abstract and colors, Julie. #9216635Ellen Hodges February 06, 2011
Very pretty and thought provoking capture, Julie!! Distinctive and beautiful!! #9216867Julie Burnett February 06, 2011
Thank you so much Patti, Monnie, Bojan, Jack, Val, Leslie, and Ellen!! #9216931Rony Sagy February 06, 2011
What a wonderful story telling image, Ellen. Love the light, color and composition. #9217044Nadia Paul February 07, 2011
Beautiful light and comp - well seen and captured Julie! #9217807Maria A. Gonzalez February 07, 2011
Beautiful lighting and design in this story telling image,Julie...Sad story,but also part of nature..Excellent composition and colors..A beautiful abstract. #9218100John Benway February 10, 2011
This is one amazing shot Julie, love it. Beautiful work.Freddy Bland February 11, 2011
What a great image, but sad story, Julie! It has a terrific feel to it and fantastic composition! Very well seen and presented!! #9230779Terry Cervi February 12, 2011
Oh how sad for that poor little guy. But this is a very unique and pretty capture, Julie! #9235305Karen Celella February 16, 2011
The beautiful image is in dramatic contrast to the sorrowful story, Julie! #9244446Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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