like the mood conveyed and also the balance provided by the bird.

Falak, for my taste buds it needs reduced contrast, cooler tones & a little reduced brightness to bring-in the mood of depression. I like the image however The warm tones seem to bring in happy notes to the image however posture of the birds (crow in particular) brings in an element of 'depression'. I hope you don't mind me sharing below what I mean -



It is not a formula, however, we seem to relate different experiences of life to different tonal ranges. Between early morning sky (golden light) and dark night's faintly blue sky (or dark blue) which one scares us more ? Similarly details in an image have a tendency to engage our eyes (not mind) for longer which may be counter productive to the message that we want to convey. It is a very involved topic to understand how different characteristics of an image can influence different moods - colors, details (or loss of it), brightness, contrast all play a very key role in portraying different moods. Some of it will be subjective too (but not all). If you want to pursue photography as an art you may want to think deeper in this direction. That said, I am learning too...

Rajkumar - Thank you. Glad you liked it. Your mention of balance made me interpret the image in a new way. How the death of the tree is balanced by fostering life in the form of the crow and the eagle.

Ganesh - Believe it or not, I processed this image in two ways, and the other one was almost exactly the same as the one you have shared, with cooler tones and reduced contrast. But for some reason I decided to upload the version above. Maybe it has something to do with the state of my mind. Anyway, thank you so much for taking the trouble of explaining all that. I understand it perfectly now. And yes, the other version does bring out the feel of the image much better. Another very important thing that I needed a lesson in - "Similarly details in an image have a tendency to engage our eyes (not mind) for longer which may be counter productive to the message that we want to convey." I couldn't agree more.
I have another image from this scene which I'd like to share, with your permission. Unfortunately, I cannot figure out how to upload in the comment so I'm sharing a link of the same. Do let me know if you like this image better. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

Like the moody tones, Falak. The fallen tree and the birds compliment each other. TFS

Regards,
Prashanth

I'll go with Ganesh on this. To me also the image does not look that grave or eerie.