°Owl Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

As you were thinking that only Hindu's are visiting a temple .... wrong !
This owl is living there, in the wall of this temple on the country-side near the Elephant-Rock of Madurai.

ISO400 1/200sec F/9 280mm spot sat+

This simple shot to indicate that simplicity can be the strenght of the photo itself, maybe not the strongest example but still a way to applaude those who showed already that they didn't forget yet.
Stay creative.

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Fixfocus, ephemere33, mareseye, Rinie_Hoff, HOBO, summersun, elihesamian, jhm, ChrisJ, patcras, Luan, namaste_oti, davido, PixelTerror, kaud, carper, ishai, analupi, cmartos, Gix, touristdidi, alekpet, pcp has marked this note useful

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kaud (1838) 2005-04-06 5:06

Well observed.
Clear pic.
Good note.

PixelTerror (86957) 2005-04-06 5:07

Hi Henk,
Clicking on the vignette I was first thinking about an exercize on primary colors, but now viewing the owl it gets another dimension, very well seen and definitely yes a simple shot can be successful, well done !
Have a nice day,
jean-Yves

RGatward (19751) 2005-04-06 5:09

Wow Henk, what a fantastic compo. From the thumb I thought you'd been to a Mondrian exhibition. I only I had space for one more favourite.

Luan (15935) 2005-04-06 5:15

Beautiful and very creative shot Henk, i like this mass of colors, I wish my walls are painted with the same colors.
Nice capture and you give us a good lesson.
Luan

namaste_oti (705) 2005-04-06 5:17

Excellent,
Colors are great, an the owl does not seem to be surprised or frightened ...
Bravo.
Olivier.

bantonbuju (48796) 2005-04-06 5:18

henk - this is a killer! :-)))
unexpectable view after switching from thumb into the normal size;
if i were o define beauty in photography i would illustrate it with this picture!
fantastic, jerzy (not fantastic jerzy, fantastic picture)

Timmok (800) 2005-04-06 5:19

Very good framing and beautiful colours as the grey / brown of the owl makes a real contrast with the hot reds and yellows. Congratulations !

greg64g (11193) 2005-04-06 5:20

Hello Henk

Woo , this one is a grat shot whith some amazing colors, very attractive for eyes.

cheers
greg

kabe (1998) 2005-04-06 5:21 [Comment]

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Zepi (22848) 2005-04-06 5:27

Bonjour Henk,

Ohhhhhhhh,une image qu se savoure qu’en grand format !
Magnifique jeux de couleurs, superbe oiseau !
C’est incroyable, quel travail !
Chapeau !

Excellente photo
Magnifique travail,
Amicalement – Sébastien

elihesamian (26091) 2005-04-06 5:45

great combination of a natural element with an abstract wall,very well seen,Henk,nicely done!
graphical and unique,very strange and interesting subject and very well composed the parts of colors and the owl in the frame,I enjoy it very much,Henk!
Yours
M

jhm (83446) 2005-04-06 5:54

Goedemiddag Henk,
Spijtig zijn deze bij ons grotensdeels verdwenen, de rood en gele kleur van de muren en daar tussen het zinnebeeld der wijsheid! Gemoet maar geluk hebben om deze foto te maken.
Groeten,
John.

summersun (4964) 2005-04-06 5:56

very good catch, Henk ! great colors, and you found this bird ! it looks really small here, but I guess it's pretty big.
Very nice simple shot.
Vanessa

HOBO (5244) 2005-04-06 6:05

Abstract painting together with wild life; a very surprising combination, Henk. Congradulations for having such a chance. Great powerful colors.

Zanni (5893) 2005-04-06 6:27

What an envy! In my Zanni's birds theme I haven't an owl and for the moment I can't go to Madurai! This bird has just found a strange but colorfull nest: probably it likes astract painting as I like your simple but amazing composition.

thebecky (686) 2005-04-06 6:46

Amazing! The owl seems totally unperturbed by you and your camera .... and by itself what a great wall!

Rinie_Hoff (9334) 2005-04-06 7:32

Hi Henk, lunchbreak, and the strong graphical impact of this picture grabbed me. Besides I like the colours very much, AND the fact that it was rather different from you.
I liked it very much, and at the same I would very much like to see it in a square format, so I took the liberty in creating a WS.

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michel_r (1114) 2005-04-06 7:58

Simple & very effective Henk. Very good.
How do you like your 1D M2 by the way? Isn't it a bit too heavy to carry around?
regards, michel.

Haymotion (1793) 2005-04-06 8:01

Très belle composition de couleurs..
..et cette oiseau percher la au milieu
fini totalement la photos..
Bravo
Jolie coup d'oeil
Vince

ash_parikh (2266) 2005-04-06 8:04

Very nice colours and composition. The owl in the photo is a bonus. It looks like the owl has selected a virant home for itself.

anandselvi (1137) 2005-04-06 8:20

HI HENK
VERRI GOOD PHOTO
COLORS ARE GREAT
GOOD NOTE....WELLDONE
ANAND

keribar (42760) 2005-04-06 9:31

This a GREAT picture Hank, You were luck to find the owl and the great colors, OK, but you shot the picture with elegance too: Bravo !

Izzet

greg (2835) 2005-04-06 9:59

ah - I saw the thumbnail a couple of times, and thought 'owl - that's an odd name for a colour abstract'. What a great surprise!

carper (65768) 2005-04-06 11:18

Schitterend Henk.
Ik moest eerst een paar keer kijken. Maar wat een kleuren zeg. Lijkt me wel wat voor in de huiskamer. De uil is prachtig, hele mooie en vooral ongewone foto, goed werk Henk.
gr. Jaap

ishai (4093) 2005-04-06 11:59

Hi Henk
I agree with you (your note) the simpler the better
I like your photo for its colors and for the way the colors are divided
The owl ofcourse jumps out and is well positioned

Well done

tongapup (1574) 2005-04-06 13:00 [Comment]

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apache (1426) 2005-04-06 14:16

Hi Henk,
It is not everyday that one finds an owl in a Hindu Temple. One can also see that the guys who had repainted the temple have taken care to leave the owl's home untouched. Hope it remains like that and the owl remains undisturbed. hope man and animal can coexist like this without any problems...
Like always, I would say, this is a great find...!
Thanks for sharing
Ranjith

Leonie (8647) 2005-04-06 14:49

Hello Henk, what a great picture...stunning wall colours and this sweet owl there..incredible that is lives there! Well captured!
Regards, Léonie

flydragon (0) 2005-04-06 15:30

HEhehe Henk
so cool this pics ,o)
i love it
i love the color and the detail
of this old wall
great one
made me smile ,o)
thx
••simon••

toni_al (15476) 2005-04-06 15:33

Superbe image. Composition, couleurs, graphisme, cadrage tout y est
Bravo
:-) G E N I A L ;-)
Amicalement
Toni

MvS (4163) 2005-04-06 16:33

Thanks Henk. Great simplicity, yet a lot to see and a beautiful compo.
Magnus

sandip (3492) 2005-04-06 16:37

seems like doing excercise with colors.. Hahaha.. nice catch Henk..U well spotted the owl here too.. I am planning to go to Madurai may be nxt december or january.. Let me see..

analupi (227) 2005-04-06 16:57

Hi Henk
Good composition and shining colors. The best is the owl, very curious in that wall's hole.
Fantastic shot.
Regards
Ana

jeanfrancois (1259) 2005-04-06 17:35

Great colors and ... what a surprise !

Steft (5962) 2005-04-06 19:06

When I saw the smaller version of this photo, I thought: what is this? Just a hole? But there is owl in the hole, very funny and quite surprizing. The colours and line are nice as well.

cmartos (6086) 2005-04-07 3:12

What an eye Henk ;-), yes this is simple and strong. A kind of picture that works great in large format with those large strips of colours, whose "monotony" is broken by an element. I like that almost B&W owl flooded in a sea of colours. Thanks!

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-04-07 3:57

Je me précipite avec un jour d'avance sur mon planning, pour te dire tout le bien que je pense de ta photo grand style :))))
Simple, deux couleurs proches et idéalement réparties, l'ambiance madurai et c'est chouette.
Bravo on ne peut pas faire plus enthousiasmant.
Jean Michel

dolin (15647) 2005-04-07 6:15

Hi.
A really nice shot with great colors and exellent framing of this owl.
Congrats for this beautifull compo.
Fred

(I come back for the smile)

ChrisJ (70443) 2005-04-07 6:26

Hi Henk

An attractive abstract view, with very warm, ambient, colours. Excellent sharpness, color saturation & lighting. The owl is a surprise bonus, not visible in the thumbnail. Good work!

mareseye (1209) 2005-04-07 8:00

Great image ! In the little one, looking quickly, I thought that it wos "only" a bichromy, but it's really a perfect composition. Sorry, my english is too poor to say more !
Regards,
Mare

maciekda (19599) 2005-04-08 7:19

so here is my smiley for that photo, it is simple, but so nice. great moment - you were really lucky seeing that owl. very nice compositions and colors, very nice photo Henk

bip-bip (1837) 2005-04-08 17:15

At first, I thought no human being of this shot but beautiful colours...
Then, I discovered a creative portrait of a cute owl
Bravo!
Véro

ephemere33 (9729) 2005-04-09 18:14

fallait être là au bon moment...magnifique capture...les couleurs sont superbes et mettent boen en valeur la scene dans cette composition...la petite maison de cette chouette est très mimi...bien vu et good job...amicalement BI

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-04-10 6:20

Hoi Henk!
minimalistic and yet so beautiful!
A good,flat compo with strong colors.
Very well seen and captured!
groeten!
hermann

Gix (3559) 2005-04-19 13:04

Buongiorno Henk,
you are absolutely right: the simplicity IS the strenght of the foto! And a very nice one, amazing to see a owl with so much light.
The chromatic contrast between the two colors is beautiful... and a owl's nest on the line!!
Very nice, very, very strong.
Compliments for the eye catch, a shot ipossible to forgive.
Ciao, Giorgio

joseelias (367) 2005-04-22 7:46

Very funny image! And very well seen too. Great clearness, colors and textures.

patcras (14) 2005-04-23 16:22

Een typische shot van u, dit had ik ooit al eens van u verwacht. Het meeste is hier al over gezegd.

donluicu (23963) 2005-05-04 14:46

Henk
you have such wonderful pics from India....i won't have enough time today to see all of them..
i like this one very much, especially for the colours and the compo.
This wall looks like a Rothko work, during the 50's...i'd call it , "Ornge and Yellow"

congrats

loic

colinbrenchley (6133) 2005-05-07 5:33

Great graphic shot of patterns and colours and then you notice the owl which changes the whole concept of the picture into natural history.

lestans (15508) 2005-05-08 9:12

I didn't notice at once this pic! Wonderful and simple shot, great colors! OOwls in India are special, in our country they cannot meet such colors. Thank you Henk!

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amol (952) 2005-07-20 9:18

hi Henk
amazing colours and a great composition... I love the light and the contrast in this... but dont you think that it would have made a better frame had the owl been in the middle...

idalio (75) 2005-08-01 14:54

Hello,
Very original and good POV.

Regards,
Idálio

alekpet (4659) 2005-10-07 5:53

I love the simplicity of the photo, Henk.
You got really nice example on hoew to make a simple, but effective photo.

Great!

ewag (94) 2005-10-10 6:20

Just opened the picture because of the colours, warm beautiful colours. And what I saw made me smile! different texture of the colours make the photo very interesing. I like the composition very much Henk!

fmfelman (118) 2006-01-18 12:54

The colors are great! It looks like a painting. And yes, simplicity works extremely well in this instance. Great shot!

iGirl (1223) 2006-01-19 10:40

Love the colors and textures! Nice job!

bebeM (412) 2006-01-21 10:10

Yeees! it was a wonderfull surprise! I thought at first it's an abstract painting - but what a guest I welcomed in! :))))
Strong contrast, very well.

marietom (32108) 2006-07-07 18:15 [Comment]

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coulson (2) 2007-10-09 14:29

Mark Rothko would have loved this, were he still alive. Compare to Rothko's work.
http://images.google.co.nz/images?sourceid=navclient&hl=en-GB&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGIC,GGIC:2006-45,GGIC:en-GB&q=%22Mark+Rothko%22

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