Two Hearts Together

Tony... you totally have to submit this one. I want to rate it :)

 

Angela

I didnt realise at the time, but, on close inspection, for the

romantics out there, their necks and heads form a heart, and so does

their reflections and bodies ... hence the title Two Hearts.

 

I just let the camera shoot on continuous frame as they did a u-turn

round each other ... :)

 

The only manipulation to these photos is a darkened contrast

background to hide the reeds.

 

All comments are greatfully appreciated so i can learn from my

mistakes ... thank you.

~beautiful shot~

Wonderful shot - love the contrast of the birds with their environment.

nice reflections too!

One of these days I would like to learn how to do this. This is very beautiful and I give you my great respect. I would give it 7's if I had them but alas, I am spent. I too made a heart of bird necks at Valentine time. But not so beautiful as this!

Thank you everyone for your comments :)

 

Jan, this is how they both were as they swam around each other, so its all real, even the reflections. I had a look at yours and is sensational, so soft, well done :)

I like both shots you have posted very much, but this would be my fav if I had to chose. Just because of their pose and relation, kind of "decisive moment" ;-) I like your background burning, everything is ok (first I thought about a side crop but then you lose the diagonals of their head/ pecker through the corners.) Excellent photo !

How did you get the low key effect? Is it a night short?

Beautiful composition and nice reflexion.

 

Thank you Carsten and Stephane.

 

Stephane ... the picture was shot in very low morning light, around 6.30am. It was a troublesome shot as all i had was a 135 F5.6 lens. The darkend foreground/background was done in PS but its pretty close to the original shot.

Funny creatures! nice take, cheers Jana

Terrific image. Love how the birds are posed and the reflections. Awesome job. Leanna:O)

It's extremely beautiful photo, dark background unites the birds in one piece.

Congrats! Daniele

This is beautiful, well done Tony. you have a real gift.

Claire

Great shot, very original. Nicely achieved forms and colours. Regards, Mate.

Thanks for commenting on my gallery. This is my favorite wildlife photo of yours. I don't know what else to say besides, Wonderful Photo!

Tony! This shot should be hang on the wall. The hearts, the eyes, the clear feather and the composition all together make a fatanstic shot. Congrad, Tanya.

Excellent capture Tony.

Extremely beautiful light!

Excellent portrait of these beautiful pelicans. Nice light and great timing!

I must say you have a very nice portfolio but this photograph really stood out to me, wonderfully done, one to be extremely proud of. Thank you for your comment on The Journey it's one I'm pretty proud of, I'm actually working on making it a little better because I wasn't happy with using the same butterfly shot 4 times instead I'm going to use 4 different butterfly shots. Anyways love this photo and thank you for sharing.

This and your "Drifting Along" image are just stunning, the colors and detail are superb! They are so beautiful I'm at a lose for words, there's not a thing you could do to make them any better. Sorry about Sam, I totally understand as I've had dogs as companions all my life and they become such a part of my life.

You really got them at a perfect moment. The darkened bg works to concentrat viewer's focus on the pelicans alone without distraction. Beautiful work.

WOW. Fabulous shot. Very well done. Light, exposer, composition... really lovely. Thank you for sharing this Tony. And thanks for your comment.