Sorry I'm so late with these... First one: Dave Maki, "Where Flare Comes From"
A striking image, imho. I like the narrow dof. Wonderful detail at the eyes and the hair-like feathers around his head; front of the beak out of focus. It really draws one's attention to his eyes. And yes, as you pointed out, it's neat the way the bright left and dark right background "matches" his opened and closed eyes. The flare, framing the right side of the head is, in this case very effective - lucky you left the hood off! The backlighting is very effective at bringing out those hairy feathers as well. It's probably more the camera angle than anything else that makes him look so pissed, but it works! I don't think I'd want to get on his bad side. I don't know what else I can say - I really liked it a lot. Thanks! regards, frank -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
