Parc du Milan Photo

Photographer’s Note

I though it would be nice to gratify you with an autumnal raven to complement my previous gastronomic “hanging ducks”. I’ll take the risk that one of you smart guys tell me I better go post my photos in Trek Nature or Trek Food, whatever. This is very typical of the Swiss pace, or at least that’s how I feel it. Parc du Milan

syd1946, mcenteesalas, cherryripe, designsoul, luisafonso, pasternak, Dpbours, aimee, AnimeshRay, Merline has marked this note useful

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sined (4483) 2007-10-06 7:12

he is surely thinking about something to eat !

joaschmidt (561) 2007-10-06 7:18

I love the focus
Joachim

syd1946 (17913) 2007-10-06 8:27

Hello Gal,
I like this strange feeling that gives to me this photo!It is very impressive shot with the blur parts and the black bird maybe "thinking" or waiting for the next pigeon...

Thomas

greg64g (11193) 2007-10-06 9:22

Bonjour Gal,

Quel magnifique noir et blanc, je sais pas si le traitement est via lightroom, j'ai du mal moi meme a savoir quel logiciel utiliser. enfn sion la symbolique de cet animal plus l'atmossphere, tout ça me plait particulierement.
bonn week end
greg

cherryripe (19031) 2007-10-06 11:36

Salut Gal
Tu viens à Lausanne sans faire signe ????
Que fait un Genevois au Parc du Milan ?
Non, ce n'est pas pour TN si on explique que ce parc est très grand et arbrite même parfois un parc d'attractions itinérant parmi d'autres. On peut même jouer comme Bob le Bricoleur ;-)
Fin bref, ton oiseau est très joli perché ainsi. J'aime aussi le graphisme crée par les courbes.
Bonne soirée
Nikki

Anna-- (7739) 2007-10-06 13:09

Ciao Gal,
very good composition, I like how you have focussing. Nice curves and background. Excellent tonality of B&W
Anna

designsoul (21394) 2007-10-06 21:01

I cannot help thinking this would be a tremendous cover for a Poe compilation...

...But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.'

Superb capture of this mysterious friend, burnt by the sun... lovely vignetting and a precious mood that it all gives.
Great to see your posts again, Gal.
sasa

Furachan (0) 2007-10-07 2:34

Une image d'un pure classicisme, sans age... Qualite graphique, compo, bien sr, mais par dessus tout, un touche des plus surs. C'est tres beau.
A+
Francis

atlantida (2323) 2007-10-07 5:24

No other bird could make this photo better and deeper than the raven itself, the most intelligent bird of all, full of mysticism...perhaps there is no human being that haven't felt a bit strange in a presence of a craw. I really like this one Gal.

Trek Food, that was a funny one :-)

Homerhomer (4005) 2007-10-07 5:57

ha ha ha, trek food, had to lough when I saw that.

This photo visually just works, for me it doesn't have this special emotional appeal that on many occasions I look for and what usually attracts me the most, but with superb composition, flow to the photo, technically spot on, I really can't find anything to complain about, a winner.

Peter

luisafonso (858) 2007-10-08 3:53

Very poetic photograph. As usual. A real Gal if I may say so. No, I don't want you posting in TN nor TF... they don't know about poetry there... The exposure on the raven - always a so literary subject - is perfect and the B&W conversion - a thing I learn to do from you - is very gentle too. I like it a lot!

vapours (7913) 2007-10-08 4:21

Luis sums up my feelings on this quite well, its not just a photo of a bird in nature which you'd expect to see on TN, theres a lot more to it, a lot of emotion brought across with the black and white and a lot of strength shown in the bird against teh white background.

RGatward (19745) 2007-10-08 5:47

Hi Gal, I wouldn't dream of suggesting this should be on treklens, far more to do with the seasonal urban environment than just the bird. Fine use of B&W. Oops, I've been busy here today for the first time in months.

pasternak (13400) 2007-10-09 1:21

Hi Gal, a melancholic mood I'd say... I was about to cite Poe, but Sasa has already done it... anyway, he doesn't look sinister, just melancholic and somehow "detached"...

Cheers
Alexander

mdetay (4305) 2007-10-09 9:01

Salut Gal,
Super ton N/B, excellente composition. Bien vu.
Ton texte est super.
Bien amicalement.
Long time no see.
Cheers from Hong Kong.
Michel

xavis (3176) 2007-10-09 14:48

Hola,
simple et belle composition. Le noire et blanc a tout sa place en ce jeu de,... contrast de noires et blancs. Et pour mieux resortir le "protagoniste",...quoi de mieux que ce magnifique travail de profondeur de champ que tu nous presentes.

Bien vu, et bien fait,

Hasta la vista,

Javier

Dpbours (220) 2007-10-10 4:49

Hi Gal,

In some way it just perfectly fits the Lonely Planet shot. Guess it's the way you desaturate, just one subject and then the curve in it. Nice one again!
Nope, on TrekNature they want to be able to count feathers. On TrekLens, the bird has to look a bit silly into the lense and smile (joking!). Fits well here this shot. ;-)

Greetings, Dennis

aimee (941) 2007-10-27 8:34

Hello Gal,
j'aime bien cette compo minimaliste qui évoque pas mal de choses... L'angoisse de l'oiseau avant l'hiver... symbole de l'angoisse de ceux qui ne pourront pas manger à leur (l'heure) faim (la plus grande honte du monde à mon avis, celle de ne pas pouvoir donner à certains de ses enfants de quoi vivre). J'aime le choix du N&B et ce jeu de plan net et flou. Très sympa ! Bien joué ! :)
Bon w-e

Aimée

AnimeshRay (8886) 2007-11-06 18:08

Such a simple object but so difficult to pull off right! I have tried this several times in the past, failing each time. This one works. A rueful, sad image somehow. Beautiful tonality.

Merline (6578) 2007-12-18 7:59

Bonsoir Gal,
je sais que vous n'êtes plus beaucoup sur ce site, néanmoins votre travail me plaît tellement que je continue à visiter vos photos. J'ai rarement vu un tel sens de la poésie et la variété de vos sujets m'impressionne également. Merci pour tout cela, j'avais envie de le dire.

Des oiseaux d'une grande intelligence, beaux, mal aimés souvent. Posé sur la courbe, à quoi pense-t-il ? Minimaliste et touchant, pour moi.

Cordialement
Michèle