I found that 2nd 'rust pic' of yours interesting Mike. It reminds me of continental drift...! In that 2nd pic the rust patch to the left looks like North America and the gulf of Mexico...the un-rusted parts of metal have a water quality.....[or maybe it's just my eyes and an over active imagination...?!
Nice Kes picture...love the yellowed moss roof tiles. My mate has got some wonderful shots of Lesser Kestrel in Spain set against 'such' tiling...without which...all you have is just a pic of a Lesser Kes. Which is fine...but the background is oh so important...[i seem to be a master of stating the b******g obvious...apologies to all you fine artists]!
There's so many bird photographers around these days who think that all they have to do is get an 'in focus' close shot of a bird...[which is okay...but]....they don't appeal to me on an artistic level...ie...no composition...no thought to backdrops etc....
ps...[Nick]...Klimt..!! Now your talking..!
pps...[Ed]....you mentioned that 'shadow falcon' image a whiles back...i was quite amazed how 'it' appeared thru playing with a piece of 'interesting' wood of mine. I think that within every 'object' there is another image waiting to be released....
