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caged owl...weird

Postby Matt. K on Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:17 pm

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Postby stubbsy on Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:25 pm

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What can I say. This one, thankfully, lacks the canvas treatment that I didn't like in your other two recent posts (owls & lily), but this image is not of your usual standard. Compositionally it's a little cramped and it just lacks overall punch. I think the bloody thing should have looked at the camera and then you may have had a keeper. Sorry for being so harsh, but I know you can take it.
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Postby Matt. K on Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:32 pm

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You have no idea how much I love this image! It is one in a million! The composition and all other pictorial elements are perfect....to my eye. But it's perfectly OK that you have a different POW and I am more than happy to consider your feelings. I enjoy trying to make sense of the way we all react differently to images. But this image is going on my wall in a gold frame. :D :D :D :D :D
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Postby PiroStitch on Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:33 pm

Not sure why, but the owl looks like it's pretending to be a penguin :)
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Postby suzanneg on Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:31 pm

I am not seeing any of your images Matt?
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Postby Matt. K on Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:28 pm

PBASE appears to be down.
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:19 pm

The owl reminds me of a Muppet, it also interests me Matt the vastly different reactions we have to certain images. I can see why you like this shot, but I can also see why Stubbsy would not. For me the eyes make this shot.
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Postby pippin88 on Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:15 am

Matt, I love it.

Great expression, gave me a chuckle.
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Postby wmaburnett on Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:38 am

Very beautiful b ird, i like this image a lot minus the strange blurring in the left but, i love the bird and its eyes!
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Postby wmaburnett on Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:39 am

Very beautiful b ird, i like this image a lot minus the strange blurring in the left but, i love the bird and its eyes!
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Postby birddog114 on Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:33 am

Matt,
It looked so sad for being locked in the cage.
A poster size print will be good for the means of human right!.
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Postby Manta on Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:26 am

That is the weirdest looking bird I think I've ever seen. I reckon he put his little brother's head on by mistake this morning...

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Postby suzanneg on Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:33 am

That is an amazing image! The expression on the birds face looks just like my husband when he's really p'd off. :lol:
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Postby Matt. K on Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:54 pm

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:D :D :D :D There is something delightfully odd about the birds expression. He has a certain air about him.
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Postby Finch on Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:30 pm

Matt,

This majestic bird is the Powerful Owl and they are found in the forest only a 10+ minute drive from where I live. In fact, Samford is known as "The home of the Powerful Owl". These delightful birds shouldn't be caged in small aviaries - its a crime, really. I've had the pleasure of seeing them in the wild at night and they are just magnificent.

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Postby Matt. K on Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:55 pm

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Thanks for that information. I entirely agree with you...in fact I have just made an A3 print of the image and it is both sad and beautiful. To see one in the wild would be quite an experience.
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Postby Dug on Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:13 pm

Weird is an understatement ! I am drawn to the shot but I hate animals in cages, the eyes say it all for me.

Great photo, but I could not live with it on my wall if you know what I mean.
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Postby suzanneg on Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:12 pm

Matt,
I keep coming back to this image just to stare into these eyes. :lol: And then I start to laugh. For some reason this photo has me in absolute histerics every time I look at it. My family think I have gone mad.

The comments as well get me going, Little brothers head, trying to be a penguin :D :lol: :lol:
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Postby terminaltackle on Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:40 pm

That bird looks like something out of the muppets, I like the eyes :shock:

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