The battle of the crows, a photo from Hampshire, England

Photographer's Note

This photography has been taken on the Hayling Island beach, near West Town. A few kids were given food to birds ... there was an awfull lot them ! Including these two crows, I was a just few meters away ...

As requested by Stardam88:
I work on this image using Photoshop CS.
The image has been cropped to focus on the two birds.
I "removed" one of the "sunday walker" who was in the background.
And then I added the frame.

cjmm, stardam88, daccy has marked this note useful

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cjmm (4479) 2006-05-11 17:42

Bonsoir Olivier,

Very well seen and captured image, with a lot of sense of motion in it.

The composition is very good, as the B&W choice for the photo, it adds some more intensity.

I would only say that I have some doubts about the size of the frame, since it may appear a little bit intrusive for some (although this is just a matter of personal taste).

Kind regards, amicalement,
Carlos

stardam88 (73) 2006-05-15 17:35

Salut Olivier,
Very nice pic, well done!
Nice use of the B&W! Right moment, right time!
I agree with the comment on the frame, it's maybe a bit too agressive. Did you cropped the pic?
See you soon, Damien

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bebel (7588) 2006-06-04 5:12

Salut Olivier
On n'est pas oblig� d'嶰rire en anglais j'esp鋨e (c'est genre ptit black pour moi)
J'aime bien le sujet de ta photo mais deux trucs me g瘽ent un peu pour l'appr嶰ier : le fait que le cadre comporte des 嶰ritures qui distaient un peu le regard et le fait que 蓷 soit un peu sombre, comme si la photo 彋ait voil嶪 ou surexpos嶪.
Le choix d'enlever les couleurs est pas mal, le NB convient et le recadrage aussi par rapport aux autres photos dans les WS. Sauf que c'est pas tr鋊 tr鋊 net pour certains.
Je serai plus participant d'un cadre blanc moins 廧ais qui devrait 嶰laircir un peu.
Amicalement et � la prochaine
Pierrot
(PS pour les notes, tu peux 嶰rire une note en anglais et une seconde en fran蓷is ; soit en dessous comme on est plusieurs � la faire, ou alors dans la seconde fen皻re si tu as s幨ectionn� la langue fran蓷ise. Y'a pas mal de francophones sur le site et 蓷 permet d'皻re plus pr嶰is. Tout le monde ne ma褾rise pas l'anglais comme certains globe trotters de TE)

daccy (132) 2006-09-28 5:26

Hi Olivier,

Very nice scene you've captured. And the B&W is perfect here. As been mentioned in the workshop the horizon is not level. It happens a lot in my own pictures and it always annoys me. However, contrary to cjmm I like the heavy frame, it gives weight to the image.
The removal of the "Sunday walker" is flawless, and without your original picture I could not have guessed where he was. How did you manage without leaving a trace? Well done!

Photo Information

Copyright: Oliver OT (OT12) (159)
Genre: 地方
Medium: 黑白
Date Taken: 2006-05-01
Categories: Decisive Moment
Exposure：f/5.0, 1/640 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version：Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s)：Bird photos, Black&White - Noir&Blanc, South Of England, Portsmouth, UK [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-05-03 15:06