Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread Larry Colen
On 3/11/2012 12:19 AM, Tim Bray wrote: We went for a waterfront walk today, and I took a picture that is causing family grief. It was of the remains of a bird, slaughtered and taken apart and almost entirely eaten by a raptor or (more likely) a feline, left on a granite surface; the contrast

RE: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray We went for a waterfront walk today, and I took a picture that is causing family grief. It was of the remains of a bird, slaughtered and taken apart and almost entirely eaten by a raptor or (more likely) a

Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Show us the photo, an we'll decide. On Mar 11, 2012, at 4:19 AM, Tim Bray wrote: We went for a waterfront walk today, and I took a picture that is causing family grief. It was of the remains of a bird, slaughtered and taken apart and almost entirely eaten by a raptor or (more likely) a

Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Definitely post it, but use a warning when you do, as we have some here who do not wish to view such images. I posted a PESO some time ago of a rather grisly deer carcass being eaten by a turkey vulture: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11192182 It got mixed reviews here, but a version

Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tim Bray We went for a waterfront walk today, and I took a picture that is causing family grief. It was of the remains of a bird, slaughtered and taken apart and almost entirely eaten by a raptor or (more likely) a feline, left on a granite surface; the contrast between black feathers and

RE: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That's a tough one and while I understand the feelings of your family, you're just photographing the world you inhabit. There is sometimes beauty in death, or even if it's not beautiful there may be a story worth capturing and showing. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be

Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread Stan Halpin
All of Audebon's work was based on dead birds, mostly ones that he shot himself. On Mar 11, 2012, at 2:03 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: That's a tough one and while I understand the feelings of your family, you're just photographing the world you inhabit. There is sometimes beauty in

Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread Bruce Walker
While I'm not keen to view that subject matter, as described, myself, if tastefully presented it could have a solemn beauty. Art that takes risks is some of the best art. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:19 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: We went for a waterfront walk today, and I took a

Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-03 1:48 Larry Colen wrote This may come as a surprise to you, but you aren't the only sicko photographer on this list. [...] http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157610185421629/ awww, sweet … i'm not quite that sick, but i've documented the leavings of hawk feasts, and

Re: Aesthetic dilemma: inverted bird

2012-03-11 Thread kwaller
Along similar lines, I had, for me, a world class photo experience in 2004 in Denali National Park, Alaska during a 2 week photo tour in the park. We were alerted to a caribou kill in the east fork of the Tolkat river hurriedly rushed to get to the scene. By the time we got there, the caribou