Falling Out of Line

[Loupey]

Would appreciate your critique.

Thanks in advance.

[CLKunst]

Excellent Loupey! I really like it! A typical scene that's seldom captured. The silhouettes add wonderful flow to the image as a whole. Great capture!

[Greg McCary]

Great capture, but I think he was pushed.LOL.

[Tyson L. Sparks]

Nice I like it, good shot.

[Loupey]

CLKunst - thank you so much for your feedback! I didn't know how it would be received for its darkness (shot after sunset) and lack of color. But I love silhouettes (and harsh directional lighting in general) so I couldn't resist

Greg - you are exactly right

Tyson - I appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.

[Didache]

I love this shot!! It's one of those times I am jealous!

The one thing I would be inclined to do would be to reduce it to white and black (rather than the off-white of the sky).

Cheers
Mike

[SmartWombat]

Oh Mike there I disagree, I like light pastel shades.
It's a good shot, the question is did he jump or was he pushed ?
From the landing pose of the one filling the gap, he was pushed

There is a short cartoon on the DVD of Monsters Inc, which is almost exactly this photo...

[afdlips]

It looks like someone picked it off with a slingshot... if so, nice aim Loupey!

nice shot... but i think it could benefit from some higher contrast amongst the birds and the sky. you have a beautiful line of silhouettes but the grey is slightly uncomfortable to me.

I love the shot though.

[GB1]

Has a funny feel to it. I might change the background to a brighter tone and see how it affects it.
GB

[swmdrayfan]

Reminds me of a wood block effect. Nice slope from the left to right. Well done, Loupey!:thumbsup:
John

[Coastal Flyer]

Loupey,

I like it just the way it is. At first I thought maybe it needed to have some of the space at top and bottom reduced, but the more I look at it and hold paper up to screen, it is perfect the way it is. Nice capture.

CF

[Loupey]

Thanks, guys! I really appreciate your comments!

Didache - I have thought about going B&W and even adding some noise to simulate grain. But I don't know PS well enough to pull it off yet - perhaps a file to play around with in the future.

SW - yeah, he was pushed You got me wondering about Monsters, Inc. though...

afdlips - thank you for being specific. I will definitely take that into consideration.

GB - always nice to get your take on things. I will play around with it to see what that does for me.

John - Thank you for the compliment!

CF - Thanks - I did play around with the crop for a while before settling on this version.


If anyone is interested, I have a few other versions that I shot that day plus a few from a few nights ago in the Nature/Wildlife forum in this thread:

http://forums.photographyreview.com/...565#post220565

thanks again!

[gahspidy]

This would look fine no matter how you did it. The way it is is good to me. Great shot. . .and excellent picture as well This is classic.
Bravo.