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20-JAN-2008 ArminB

prospects

Canon EOS 30D
1/50s f/2.8 at 38.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time20-Jan-2008 16:51:59
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 30D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length38 mm
Exposure Time1/50 sec
Aperturef/2.8
ISO Equivalent400
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ctfchallenge23-Jan-2008 21:12
I'm not sure what Nostradamus has to do with the crow/raven, maybe Poe would have been a better choice, but a funny "bird" pic anyway Armin! LOL! :-)D CJ
Rod 23-Jan-2008 06:03
:-)hehe
ctfchallenge22-Jan-2008 20:31
lol Rod. OK then.. the raven is a toy bird from childhood, the old man on the book cover resembles a dear uncle. The candle is there to get enough light to shoot the image in the first place! Or a reference to the illumi.. oh..nevermind.
-k2
Rod 22-Jan-2008 19:33
I think there was a warning from Nostraldamus about not letting the bird of paradise fly up yer nose.
ctfchallenge22-Jan-2008 16:35
Thanks for your interpretation Kiki. Dont know what the artist was thinking but I like the story and the pic - Debi
ctfchallenge22-Jan-2008 15:41
Dark and evocative. Yeah, I don't get all the symbolism myself, but I keep coming back to this one. -- Bruce
Canon DSLR Challenge21-Jan-2008 23:26
It's great to see your creatively dark sepia at work again and so apt for the topic. Nicely staged. -tv
Guest 21-Jan-2008 23:18
wow. Deep stuff! Makes me embarassed to have my chicken photo next to it (the meaning behind that one is "we had chicken for dinner"!!). Thanks for explaining - claire
ctfchallenge21-Jan-2008 19:05
Oh.. and the candle of course.. the individual gleam of hope :) Am i close? :D
-k2
ctfchallenge21-Jan-2008 18:42
Quote the raven: "Nevermore".. there are references to both Edgar Allan Poe and Nostredamus here - both horror story-writers of their time. To me, the title suggests that the world of today exceed their wildest fantasies. To which I would partly agree.. it's a mad world. The danes have a proverb about humanity "going to hell on first class". Stern concept, nice shot and the strangest bird yet :)
-k2
Guest 21-Jan-2008 15:32
sorry I don't understand this. Can you explain? - claire
ctfchallenge21-Jan-2008 05:30
Well, I don't get it. But it has captured my attention longer than normal, so I guess this picture is a success. - J.V.
ctfchallenge20-Jan-2008 22:37
Indeed, we have a lot of guests here right now, still going South, yet, neither my current equipment nor my skills are good enough to capture them adequately. Birding...yes...I've started with it (as is with photography)...but a 500/f4 or something comparable is not affordable...and everything else is simply not enough...spent days at lakes... but was not able to get what I wanted to...even with more than 8000+ shots...I'm still struggling with the beauty I've seen but was not able to frame :-)
Armin
ctfchallenge20-Jan-2008 21:55
Waiting for the future when birds will fly north again are we Armin? Clever ;-)
~Brent