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Cranium Competitions => Image of the week => Topic started by: Beaux Reflets on May 12, 2014, 09:16:54 AM

Title: IOTW 12th May 2014
Post by: Beaux Reflets on May 12, 2014, 09:16:54 AM
Congratulations Oldboy, on your image being selected for IOTW as chosen by last weeks winner Andy.

Image is now live on front page, or you can view the image in the gallery  should you wish to make a comment etc.

(http://cameracraniums.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=76&pos=-15807%5B/iurl)

More information on IOTW works can be found here   How IOTW works (http://cameracraniums.com/forum/index.php?topic=3165.0)
Title: Re: IOTW 12th May 2014
Post by: Beaux Reflets on May 12, 2014, 09:25:08 AM
Quite a few deserving images uploaded recently, but after some deliberation, the poetic air in capturing the eye peeping through the wing feathers just tipped the balance.
Title: Re: IOTW 12th May 2014
Post by: Reinardina on May 12, 2014, 09:33:22 AM
Good choice Andy.

Congratulations OB. A brilliant illustration of nature in the raw.
Title: Re: IOTW 12th May 2014
Post by: Jediboy on May 12, 2014, 09:38:26 AM
Well done Oldboy. Great photo of a difficult subject. Good work.  :tup:
Title: Re: IOTW 12th May 2014
Post by: Beaux Reflets on May 12, 2014, 09:58:38 AM
Thanks Reinardina,

To me it is a 'driver shot' where an element of luck in the image spurs a photographer on to the next photograph.

And in this particular shot (where the subject is cruel in nature) perhaps a softener that provides a sense in balance, as gulls are known for their keen sight in cleaning up fallen food from the pavements.

Title: Re: IOTW 12th May 2014
Post by: Oldboy on May 14, 2014, 09:41:01 PM
I only got back online today after sorting out my computer.  :-[

Thanks for picking this photo Andy and others for your kind words.

Of course it's luck to capture it with the eye visible, almost like a Victorian melodrama where the villan is hiding his face with a cape.  ;D