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<\/p>\nAsymmetry in my images appeals to me, particularly with birds in flight. Yesterday I got two successive photos like that of a Northern Harrier as it quickly changed direction.<\/p>\n
Plus my take on the merits of digital frames around our images.<\/p>\n
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Yesterday was yet another slow day for birds at Farmington Bay WMA. But this harrier had been playing long-distance tag with another harrier and while paying more attention to the other bird than to me it approached my moving pickup closer than this species usually does. I barely got my pickup stopped and my lens out the window in time to fire off a few quick shots.<\/p>\n
It was flying mostly low, slow and level with its wings in a horizontal position but when it unexpectedly juked to alter direction in flight I managed to get two successive photos with its wings in interesting positions as it began to turn. Usually in this situation because of the rapid change in direction and speed I lose focus on the bird or cut off body parts or both but this time I was lucky.<\/p>\n
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I like this second shot slightly better because the asymmetry is provided more by the flight angle of the banking bird in the frame than by the relative wing positions. I’m not particularly fond of the boring background in either shot but decent photos of shy harriers in flight always get my juices flowing.<\/p>\n
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Regular readers of Feathered Photography likely noticed the narrow frames around these images immediately because this is the first time I’ve ever used them. I’m not a fan of digital frames for a variety of reasons. I think they tend to distract from the subject and often they’re not particularly attractive anyway. I’m of the opinion that digital frames often overpower the image and more often than not they’re used in a futile attempt to somehow enhance mediocre photos. The frames in these two images are only 3 pixels wide but I still think they distract from the bird to some small degree.<\/p>\n
However with these photos I felt the frames were the lesser of two evils. The very pale blue sky in the background matched the slightly grayer blog page background so closely that without the frames it was difficult to tell where one ended and the other began. Thus the frames to provide visual boundaries.<\/p>\n
I’m not trying to start a war about the merits of digital frames. If you’re a frame fan by all means keep using them.<\/p>\n
But I’m not and I won’t.<\/p>\n
Ron<\/p>\n
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Asymmetry in my images appeals to me, particularly with birds in flight. Yesterday I got two successive photos like that of a Northern Harrier as it quickly changed direction.
\nPlus my take on the merits of digital frames around our images.<\/p>\n