I traveled to Argentina in June 2004 and my itinerary included the area known as La Pampa on one of the weekends. As we approached a park that a colleague of mine was eager to show me, this tree in an adjacent field, with a large bird perched in its upper branches and a grazing horse nearby, caught my eye, and I asked for a quick stop. I walked slowly back so I wouldn’t cause them any alarm, and was able to make this study of their profiles in silhouette. The two smaller birds were an unexpected bonus.
I made the original image in color and converted it to monochrome today with Nik’s Silver Efex Pro 2 software.
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Wonderful photo!
Why, thank you, Harrie!
What a great tree! Excellent photo Gary.
I’d like to be able to identify the tree, but it’s pretty hard without its leaves!
I know what you mean, I’d like to be able to identify more of the subjects I shoot. I’ve got a great wildflower app on my iPhone. I know many of the trees in the area, but would love to find an app for identifying mushrooms. And spiders, and insects… :-)
Look no further than http://www.audubonguides.com/index.html, Jeff! What a coincidence–I recently downloaded the guides for mushrooms and insects & spiders, and also reptiles & amphibians. They were on sale recently and may still be, and they’re great (though be forewarned; they are large and take a long time to download. Well worth it, though!
Thanks Gary. They’re the ones who made my wildflower app, so it should have occurred to me to look there.
Great image. Love the silhouette.
It all seemed to come together here. It was a wonderful day!
A lovely, peaceful image, Gary, which works so well in monochrome.
Though I made the original shot in color, it was very subdued and looked almost mono without conversion, but I tried it both ways and this was my preference. I’m glad that you like it this way!