Bird on a wire, a photo from Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv

Photographer's Note

This is a male falcon.

This falcon sat on an electric wire and waited to be photographed, of course I didn't hesitate and took his photo . . .

The sky were very dull, bright grey clouds and I decided that would be an advantage for simple composition, it would be like a studio background for my falcon.

The picture has cropped a little and straighten that the wire will be straight.
Hope you will enjoy.

Cool-ice, Liora, avigur_11, papagolf21, rabani has marked this note useful

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Cool-ice (5289) 2004-05-27 6:57

Excellent, your choice for the backgroud, I really like this simplicity.
The sharpness on the bird is impressive.
Well composed for a graphic image.
Congratulations, Elroyie !

jstewart (1150) 2004-05-27 7:24

I believe this is a peregrine falcon - one of the smallest of the falcons. I too like the sharpness and the simplicity of the photo. Many bird photos have too much clutter in the background.

Liora (1857) 2004-05-27 8:12

Great photo David! Very good composition and good details on the bird.
Well done!

bazal (7900) 2004-05-27 8:46

Yes it's probably a peregrine falcon (male), and it's also the quicker bird that can be found. It is known to reach a speed of more than 300km/h (some say 400km/h but I think it's exagerated), when hunting for other birds. Your photo is really impressive ! Thanks for sharing it !!!

avigur_11 (22553) 2004-05-27 16:15

Extremely clear and sharp, David, and excellent poistion of th bird at the right side. Beautiful.

papagolf21 (152607) 2004-05-27 17:03

Superbe Elroyie, l'oiseau est tr鋊 bien plac� au niveau de la composition.
La simplicit� n'exclut pas la qualit� : la preuve !
F幨icitations pour cette ma褾rise photographique.
Merci pour la note 嶲alement.
Superb Elroyie, the bird is very well placed on the level of the composition.
Simplicity does not exclude quality:the proof!
Congratulations for this photographic control.
Thank you for the note also.

yesterday (9833) 2004-05-29 5:16

Keep it simple and you did, and look great in that composition, great line, excellent placement.
Good sharp, nice color, sorry out of poit fore today.

cdewet (0) 2004-05-29 9:31

Elroyie
This is a beautiful litte Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus. I love everything here - well done.

rabani (9645) 2004-06-02 4:08

It is very simple and sweet Elroy, with a hint of artistic/advertising value to it. You are very lucky to get this simple capture of a posed bird. A new classical photograph to show photography students about composition and rule of thirds.Great work Elroy.

fapmap (250) 2004-06-30 14:04

Very simple, yet powerful composition... and you managed to catch the bird as it looked at you!
Great shot.
Frank.

RandomCameraGuy (3071) 2004-08-15 17:51

Nice. But compositionally I think it could be improved if the wire came through about 1/3 of the way from the bottom. the bird is in a nice spot though. A good pic!

Photo Information

Copyright: Elroyie David (elroyie) (2750)
Genre: 地方
Medium: 彩色
Date Taken: 2004-01-20
Categories: 自然
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (D300), EF75-300 F4-5.6 IS
Exposure：f/8, 1/800 seconds
Photo Version：Original Version
Theme(s)：Wildlife in Israel, On the wire, Birds on Power Lines [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-05-27 6:37