Tuesday, 2nd December 2008
Visions in Pink
by Kirsten Frost
A solitary Greater Flamingo poses in the mornings first light. Photographed in the Strandfontein Water Works, not too far from my home in Cape Town, South Africa.
Equipment: Canon EOS 1D Mark II and Canon 400mm f/5.6
Kirsten Frost
Although captivated by all Africa's creatures, my preferred photographic subjects are behavioural images of birds and mammals.
Website: www.kfrostimages.com
Visions in Pink by Kirsten Frost was photo of the day on Tuesday, 2nd December 2008. It is tagged Birds, Flamingos, Sunrise. You can leave a comment below.
19 Comments
haytah
What an exceptional shot! The muted background really centers the viewer’s attention on the bird, and the burning color of the sky adds a nice surreal touch. The sky and the water balance nicely, as do the mountains and flamingo. Set tha pimp skillet on tha fire!!!!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Very unusual. Because only the actual bird is in focus, it makes the entire setting very ethereal. The title is perfect and I like the effect. A very nice potd.
ChrisB
Slightly more focus of the background would give more balance and have allowed the unique colours of the sunrise to be more present in this lovely composition.
Anurag
Color saturation is good, but the bird is in too much of a corner for my liking. Some sky could have been cropped. These are of course just my views guided by my tastes.
David Rombaut
Hello, I like this one very much. The focus on the bird and the reflection are great, mountain far distant and colors too.
Congratulations…
Su
Nice, really liked your website some fantastic shots.
Pauline Jones
Lovely colors.
Alex
Fantastic shot, really graphic and painting like, especially the background so perfectly out of focus. Great job. This is what photography should be about.
Sue Gagnon
Pretty, but I, too, am caught up in the lack of background focus. I see this is certainly up to individual preferences, however, as Anurag has already stated.
The pink overall hue you have captured with perfect focus on the bird is very nice.
Malta Photography
Nice shot but I am doubting that there is too much blur which i think has been created through Photoshop. The idea is great but there is still that surreal thing of too much blur.
Ellie
Beautiful, excellent technique on available light.
Marie Dunphy Harding
Lovely sunrise colors.
Ellie
Your photographs on your website are spectacular!
Renee
Very nice colors and i think a well done photo!
Johan vdm
A beautiful image Kirsten and there are even more amazing photos on your website, http://www.kfrostimages.com
Dennis
Composition and timing are great, but I have to agree with others that I do not like the shallow DOF.
sbl
Really enjoyed looking at your website, amazing photos. Well done.
Renee
Great title!
Su
The colours are beautiful, i like this image.