caawww... caawww.... crow?

Meysha · Oct 21, 2005

Got the fright of my life when this came down and landed near me. :shock:
Taken when I was in brisbane 2 weeks ago.

Naah, it's not a crow. But I did see some crows while I was there! (We don't get crows where I live) THey're massive down there! Like huuge chickens! One even dive bombed me from a roof when I tried to take its photo. :irked:

Anyway, it's a pretty boring photo... and I'm only posting it just to see if I remember how to post a photo thread! :lol:

Thanks for sticky-beaking!

LaFoto · Oct 21, 2005

Oh, but that is a cool one, and though it might not be all black, like our "real" crows here, the beak does indicate some relationship. It is almost like a crow.
And even though this one frightened you so, you are lucky to have got a photo like this one, close up and all. The German relations prefer to really run, erm: fly fast, and away, when they see a camera coming!
And it is not boring.
I like the play of light and shadow on the pavement, and how the dark crow (or whatever) is placed in the sunlit spot!

Meysha · Oct 21, 2005

awww thanks lafoto!

it's not actually a crow... i told a lie. :blushing: It's really a magpie. Big evil bird that attacks people when they're mating. We don't get these up north either. Well we do, but they're a much much smaller variety.

I wasn't paying attention to the background at all... but did like it after I took the shot. I was just making sure I didn't scare him away like he almost did me! I was using the 50mm lens too, so had to use my manual zoom (ie: feet) to get in nice and close!

Mansi · Oct 21, 2005

not a crow for sure...
sweet shot of the birdie Meysha! love the way you've composed it with the shadows

JonMikal · Oct 21, 2005

never seen one of those magpies.
i can see why it startled you.
nice capture!

JonK · Oct 21, 2005

Nice shot...like the minimal colour in this one..neat compo. too.

Chiller · Oct 21, 2005

Neat shot. I like it.
Must be nice to just have them land beside you.
I have stood still for hours at a time to capture a shot of a crow, and all I get are coins tossed at me.

David A · Oct 21, 2005

I like this picture...I think a few things that could improve it would be; maybe if you can bend down to shoot him from a lower angle, it would probably help allow him to pop out more depending on the background. The other thing...some of the shadows on the ground a a little distracting...but I do have to say...if one of those landed near me, you'd get a good shot of my back and feet. :lol:

Other than those 2 small things...I like the picture. Nice capture. :thumbup:

megapaws · Oct 21, 2005

Meysha said:
Big evil bird that attacks people when they're mating.

People who mate in public places perhaps deserve to be attacked :mrgreen: Sorry, I couldn't resist. Nice capture

alexecho · Oct 21, 2005

It doesn't even look really like a magpie to me - just to be difficult. More magpie than crow, and they are both the same family, but I think it's still different to the ones here! We do get one in our back garden every day though, so I might see if I can photograph it some time.

Oh, and good shot - that must have been hard work with a 50mm lens.

noworyz · Oct 21, 2005

that appears to be an austrailian magpie (looked it up on the internet). These are definatly different than the magpies we get here in the states!

M @ k o · Oct 21, 2005

Cool shot Meysha ! Kinda looks like a crow, but than again it looks like a crow.

Meysha · Oct 21, 2005

that appears to be an austrailian magpie (looked it up on the internet).

Well living in Australia... I don't find that very surprising.

People who mate in public places perhaps deserve to be attacked

hahaha! I didn't notice that! You know what I meant anyway.

Celsium, I definately agree with your points. I PSd it a bit to make the magpie stand out more from the b'grnd... the original image is very flat with not much contrast. I think I accidentally had the camera left on some manual settings, and I underexposed it heaps.

Thanks for your comments everyone. You can expect some better shots in a minute! :mrgreen:

steve817 · Oct 21, 2005

noworyz said:
that appears to be an austrailian magpie (looked it up on the internet). These are definatly different than the magpies we get here in the states!

That's what I was thinking. I saw some in Colorado when I was there but I was never close enough to get a shot of one.

By the way welcome to the board. I spent a couple of weeks around Missoula a few years ago...loved it.