Framed within a Frame

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Shivakumar L Narayan
Framed within a Frame
This apparently is one of my strangest approach to shooting a bird ( esp raptor ) in recent times. While on the way to Sagara to attend a function at a friends place myself and my buddy Ashwin noticed this relaxed Crested Serpent Eagle enjoying the view from one of the coolest/shady branches giving it a picture perfect birds eye view of the field below. Ashwin quickly pulled out his tele lens and after seeing a quick grab from his camera i too took out the camera and unmounted my 300mm but fitted it with a wide-angle lens and tried to compose the bird with the green leaves and clouds in background. After about 5-10 mins of shooting, i noticed that a small patch of sky was opening up giving a nice blue background just behind the birdie so i patiently waited with the same lens and camera combo resisting the temptation of making a full frame image of a raptor and eventually got this frame what you see above. Rules wise i know i would hear people say that i should have placed the bird to the side, or should have more prominent bird or may be should have waited for the light to come on the bird. But, don't you think every one else will do that, how will my image set aside be different from everyone who is defining those rules :P
Anyways fun apart, my intention was to get the two complimentary colors blue and green along with a concept of frame within a frame image.

Looking forward for comments and critique.
Thu May 19, 2011 10:02 pm
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Commentby Nilanjan Das on Fri May 20, 2011 8:48 am

I like this actually, the different tones of the sky, the gradient of the green and as you mentioned it really is a frame within a frame. Nothing too dramatic or special in this image but still the eyes feel like looking at it for quite some time. Very nice Shiv.

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