Crescent moon

I found this image extraordinary (7 and my favorites folder) because not only these birds made a "crescent moon" shape, but also you have a 3/4 moon at upper left corner which "miss" this part. It looks and suggests like the part of the moon gets on it's own (also a little bit a scary thought).

All the best!!!!

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback and am glad the resonance in the image holds together.  I've taken dozens of similar photos in this location on various evenings, and this one just happened to work out as I'd hoped.

Groovy shot, Lex. Compliments.

I always feel a touch inadequate when I click that "Contribute A Critique" button, and I really have no critique to contribute.  I'm drawn to the photo, it appeals to me.  "Why!? You ignorant bastard?" rings in my head.  Balance and grittiness and a "style" that appeals to me, maybe.  The diagonal balance -- man-made light below, crescent of moving birds, moon at top.  Perhaps some dimly grasped meaning in the light and the moon linked by the birds, themselves in a crescent shape. 

Or...

A brooding holgaesque minimalism that I could see in a book or on a gallery wall.

Whatever.  I appreciate your work in general, and although our work does not always have the same look, I sense a kindred spirit in approach and overall view.  If that makes any sense. 

Carry on, old chap. 

Thanks, Steve, I appreciate those eloquent comments.  I often find it difficult to explain why I like a particular photo, so if I can't express it as well as you have in only a paragraph or two I usually will duck out and just say "I like it."

So I really appreciate it when anyone takes a moment to express their impressions, because I understand how difficult it can be.

And as with writers, musicians and other artists, I believe we do often recognize something in common just through our photographs.

Holy cow, Lex!  Even the sky cooperated in this production.

--Lannie

Thanks, Lannie.  You should have seen the dozens of other photos I took that missed the peak moment.  I'd love to claim I have great timing, but it's mostly persistence.  I met the security guard (who's also a local artist) who patrols this parking lot and he'd noticed how often I'd seemed to take the same types of photos.  I joked around that I had to screw up dozens of times to finally get it right.

Very evocative.

Shades of Fukase. Nicely composed and a haunting beauty.  (If you don't know Fukase, which you probably do, he did a fabulous book called "Solitude of Ravens".  I think you'd love it.

Thanks, Barry.  You did indeed mention Fukase last year in a comment on this photo from the same project, which coincided with a rather difficult time for me.  Up to that point I'd only heard his name but wasn't familiar with his work - at least not consciously.  Since then I've looked at as much of his photography as I can find online, including photos of his pet cat.  The similarities are remarkable.  I began working on this Skaiku project with this photo in June 2012, the same month and year Fukase died.  I tend to be more skeptical than superstitious, but must admit I'm intrigued by the resonances.

That is an amazing story Lex!