Waiting For The Hangman

It's a two in one - kind of an intimate scenic in a grand scale vertical seascape - clouds and reflections included. The silhouettes of the birds  are eye catching, add drama to the composition and illustrate very well the title choice. Light and colors as usual in your works - excellent!

The soft tonality and the silhouetted shapes are dramatic.  I love your title.

My best,

michael

Hi Alf, Just an awesome silouette capture. Love the colors and time of day, I guess thats what makes it work. I think that the birds being above the cloud level makes them that much more dramatic to view.  Just a pleasant and relaxing image. Thanks for sharing.

Sincerely,

Holger

The silhouettes of the birds are great. Very strong work with light and colours. Beautiful picture.

The well written silhouettes against the warm rich sunset tones create a nice effect....

Also beautiful reflections in the f/g Alf and nice depth full composition....

My best season greetings my friend....

Awesome capture and the presentation. Lovely tonal and the DOF. Great composition. 

Wishing you a very happy and joyful season.

Thanks for sharing. All the best. Regards.

Nice capture, amazing color & light, wonderful composition, great work.

Alf, I like the darkness of the cloud on the horizon and the play of light over the water. I really like the way the dark post occupies much of the vertical space with the top being silhouetted against the lighter part of the sky. 

Hello Alf,

Very good eye to to appreciate this subject.  Alot of us may have passed it by.  Super sharp detail.  The cormorants are silhouetted perfectly.  Great composition and tone.  The use of essentially three colors (gold, dark grey and black) is very effective in this shot.

Very well done as always.

Cheers...

Jerry

Excellent composition, well seen. It is a letter A there! If you go on and put together a whole alphabet, you will have a fantastic book!

Enjoy the new lens,

Best Regards, Tibi

CATHERINE

Sincere thanks for your interest and kind words, much appreciated!

Best Regards

Alf

EL

You have a photographic "eye" that can instantly recognise the merits of scenes and situations instantly, the "intimate scenic, grand scale" you describe didn't really hit home with me until you pointed it out, but then I guess thats makes you such a success as a street photographer, shrewd awareness and recognition. Many Thanks EL

Best Regards

Alf

MICHAEL

Many thanks for your visit, I must admit I do like that title myself, it's a bit macabre, but it appeals to my dark humour.

Cheers Michael!

Alf

HOLGER

Sincere thanks for your visit and observations, much appreciated. I do think your right, the silhouette against the clear sky above the cloud line makes a difference in terms of the effectiveness and impact of the image.

Best Regards

Alf

GUNNAR

Many thanks for your visit and supporrtive words, much appreciated.

Best Regards

Alf

KARALOS

Sincere Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts, your positive feedback is much appreciated. It was a beautiful sunset, but unfortunately the sun does not set in the right place here (on the sea horizon) but more to the left behind some buildings, but there was some colour in the sky and I took advantage of what there was and accentuated it.

Seasonal Greetings and Best Wishes to you and yours Karalos

Alf

KAUSHIK

Many thanks for your visit and positive feedback, very much appreciated and I'm very pleased you liked this one.

Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New Year to you and your family.

Alf

RAJINDER

Thank you so much for your interest and very kind contribution, much appreciated!

Kind Regards

Alf

TONY

Sincere thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts, very much appreciated. I tend to agree, the post clearing the cloud line does accentuate the silhouette and it was this stark contrast that invited me to take the shot.

Cheers Tony

Alf

JERRY

Many Thanks for your interest and for sharing your observations. I must be honest and confess that maybe I would have passed this one by too, but as I was curious to see how the lens performed I was more aware of potential long range shots than I would have been normally. The colour variations arrived as a combination of a glorious sunset, and my WB alterations.

Cheers Jerry!

Alf

TIBI

Many Thanks for your visit and positive feedback,and of course the valuable information that led me to choose the lens in the first place. Ahh yes the letter "A" is quite distinct, and the book idea is a good one, I think that "B" would be a tougher call though.     : - )

Best Regards

Alf

The upper part of your image captured my eye right away.  For some reason I immediately thought of the modern version of "Tristan and Isolde" by the Cornish players.  My wife, daughter and I saw it in Wellington a few years ago (it was really excellent).  Why I should be reminded of it when the players were wearing balaclavas and had binoculars, I struggle to comprehend.  However it was played out on different levels and at the beginning the players were looking in different directions, rather like the cormorants here.

I do like the starkness, and the drama.  Also the fact of essentially only three colours.  Finally the fact that you thought to take the photo.

Very well done !   Best wishes to you, and yours, for Christmas and the coming year.

Jim

Many Thanks for your visit.

Good to hear from you I hope you and your good lady are keeping well.

I know just what you mean about them looking in different directions, I had a friend who had a photo of three men on the end of a pier, each of them looking in a different direction, none of them making eye contact with another, each keeping to thier own space, so I can understand fully your synonyms.

I have never owned a long lens before, taking most of my shots with wide angle lenses, but I have to say, it does open up a different world in terms of finding a landscape within a landscape, if tht makes any sense.

Sincere Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year to you and all your loved ones

Alf

Clean simplicity nets a very pleasing image.

Many thanks for stopping by, I'm very pleased you liked it.  Simple is good........I can do simple :- )

Cheers Dale

Alf

Wow, Alf! You have created a fan-following with this image. And rightly so.:-) Where does one stop with the accolades! I agree with the above. And, unless some comment Ive missed already mentioned it, Im intrigued by the living- creature-like stance of the pole as if its a giant moving gently forward, whilst the lessor beings on top are enjoying the view from the top, or, if not enjoying it leisurely, are on the watch. The textures on the bottom triangular pole-platform. It has collected years of  sea-things to cling to it. Unlike erosion that eats away bits in stone, time attaches its footprint on this industrial, manmade structure. Great, evocative image, aside from its aesthetic beauty. Toast!

Many Thanks for your interest and thoughtful feedback.

I quite like your "living thing" analogy, it brought about a "day of the triffids" moment. Yes the life forms that cling to it and around it do give it a life of its own, a man made thing that adapts itself to the environment, or vice versa. My initial thoughts were of a macabre nature relating to the structures similarity to a gallows, the birds waiting to pick the flesh of its next unwilling user. I think your analogy is more positive, and after soem reflection I think I prefer it to mine. Most of all I'm glad it connected enough to make it worthy of your attention and comment.

Cheers Bettie!

Alf