All bird's eyes tend to have a fixed stare. Interesting, observation, Tim. Thanks for commenting!
Jack --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> wrote: > From: Tim Bray <tb...@textuality.com> > Subject: Re: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 12:16 PM > Weird thing... It's a great capture, > but the bird's eyes look > bored-and-cynical. Which is a ridiculous thing to say > about a bird or > a picture of a bird. -T > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Was at a local northern California lake with the > intention of "practicing" my photo panning. Quite a few Sea > Gulls frequent said lake, but only in the winter. Must be > the storms at sea that encourages them to move inland. This > lake is surrounded with french fry munching folks, who bring > their drive-through lunches and check out the bird life. > > Happened to get this as it passed a darkened shadow > area background. Was dark enough that it didn't take much > shopping to produce the one you see. > > I included, perhaps, a little more black background > than necessary, but I wanted to make it a more significant > part of the scene for whatever impact it might have. Bumps > the emotion a tad for me. > > > > Jack > > > > comments most welcome! > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=560 > > > > K20, DA 55~300@300mm, f/6.7, 1/1000, ISO 400, hand > held > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.