revolp

This is a very pleasing image to my eyes. The cool blue color and implied swooping arcs of the birds' flight give me a feeling of a refreshing, open and airy place full of freedom from the daily rounds. A simple but evocative image.

I liked this better as a thumbnail. I was initially attracted to the colors and the pattern. On close inspection, the birds aren't very sharp. Also, while I hate to get involved in PS discussions, this appears to be a digital composite (I could be off-base here). Also, while this is compositionally balanced into an H-shape, the composition ends up being pretty static.

i like it ... maybe it is a little soft and maybe a crop of a smaller area would look better as it seems a little off balance -but the reflections are very attractive and would fit our conceptual theme this month too i think.

this is not a composit. the softness is due to handheld 600mm equivalent Nikon 80-400 VR at 1600th sec f5.6 These plovers are extremely fast in their movements.

PT, thanks for the techinical info update.

I'm glad you (indirectly) helped out with the title of this one PT. I too agree that this is a fun somewhat soothing image. But am with Robert that the small version was more enticing than the larger view. I still like it though and don't really have any suggestions for improvement that haven't been mentioned.

The amount of ripple in the water is just right, to still have a good relation between the real world and the reflected world. The colours are nice to my eyes but what I dislike are all the birds to the left on the point of "crashing and smashing into the frame"... I mean, a bit of space more to the left would have really helped, but I understand the little things there are quite fast.

 

Cheers,