Show your Bird Portraits
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neuroanatomist said:
I'm willing to grant Atonegro some artistic license on this.
I guess if we want to nitpick: "ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French portraire ‘portray’"
Oh, and a bit of Googling: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/articles/e/egyptian_mummy_portraits.aspx
Yes, it's a portrait.
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and then as I'm so proudly examining the images i just took of the herron eating a sunny, this beautiful bald eagle swoops down and snatches a fish right in front of me and starts flying away (second pic)
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300 2.8 with 2xiii at 600mm
f7.1
1/1000
iso500
and then as I'm so proudly examining the images i just took of the herron eating a sunny, this beautiful bald eagle swoops down and snatches a fish right in front of me and starts flying away (second pic)
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Dude, you're too smart and thoughtful for this kind of argument: if the skeleton had been painted rather than photographed would that have transformed it into a legitimate portrait in your estimation? Painted portrait or photographed portrait are irrelevant. What's important is that it "portrays."neuroanatomist said:
I almost addressed this in my original post, but figured you wouldn't go for the obvious fallacy: your original statement was that a portrait should portray a "living subject." The mummy portraits were painted after the death of the subject, and therefore portray a deceased subject. If we take your argument regarding the mummy portraits, then a photo of a taxidermied bird could be a portrait because it represents what the bird would have looked like in life. However, my example only addressed your need for a living subject. It would have been more legitimate on your part to argue that a bird skeleton is not a bird, but that's a different question.
I like picking nits...
Can be a fun, social game since we all have nits. At least that's what I've learned from gorillas and chimps.
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[quote author=Wikipedia]
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.
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What's the 'mood' of the dead bird? How well does a dead subject engage with the viewer?
I suppose a portrait is in the eyes of the artist and viewer. As the viewer, I don't think the bird skeleton was a portrait, any more than the drawings and photos in my bookcase full of anatomical atlases.
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, in order to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer.
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What's the 'mood' of the dead bird? How well does a dead subject engage with the viewer?
I suppose a portrait is in the eyes of the artist and viewer. As the viewer, I don't think the bird skeleton was a portrait, any more than the drawings and photos in my bookcase full of anatomical atlases.
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neuroanatomist said:
Agreed. The reason I poked you about your comment is that the poster had brought out a memory of his childhood, an image that seemed to have inspired his future photography, and then presented it on the most appropriate forum he found here. I concede that it's in the gray area for a portrait; but it was heartfelt, and not a troll. And it was kinda funny too. Your comment struck me as petty, which your posts usually aren't.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...
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Nice!serendipidy said:I think his bird just took a tern for the worse.
@Northstar - Love watching them catch large fish.
Here is a 'side portrait' of a Greylag Goose, now something of a resident now at one of the local lakes. I'm thinking about trying to recreate this with my 100mm macro lens but pretty sure that will involve some enticement.
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Hi,
Here's a bald eagle taken in Nova scotia in 2011 during a heavy snow fall:
1DlV / 800mm
Visit my gallery: http://www.pbase.com/pbon
P. Bonenfant
Here's a bald eagle taken in Nova scotia in 2011 during a heavy snow fall:
1DlV / 800mm
Visit my gallery: http://www.pbase.com/pbon
P. Bonenfant
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ERHP said:Nice!serendipidy said:I think his bird just took a tern for the worse.
@Northstar - Love watching them catch large fish.
Here is a 'side portrait' of a Greylag Goose, now something of a resident now at one of the local lakes. I'm thinking about trying to recreate this with my 100mm macro lens but pretty sure that will involve some enticement.
Gorgeous head portrait. Really nice colors.
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absolutely gorgeous.... was that shot just north of Kentville?Pierre Bonenfant said:Hi,
Here's a bald eagle taken in Nova scotia in 2011 during a heavy snow fall:
1DlV / 800mm
Visit my gallery: http://www.pbase.com/pbon
P. Bonenfant
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Pierre Bonenfant said:Hi,
Here's a bald eagle taken in Nova scotia in 2011 during a heavy snow fall:
1DlV / 800mm
Visit my gallery: http://www.pbase.com/pbon
P. Bonenfant
Wow! Fantastic!
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ERHP said:Nice!serendipidy said:I think his bird just took a tern for the worse.
@Northstar - Love watching them catch large fish.
Here is a 'side portrait' of a Greylag Goose, now something of a resident now at one of the local lakes. I'm thinking about trying to recreate this with my 100mm macro lens but pretty sure that will involve some enticement.
Great shot! Recently saw some Graylag's here in Colorado. Seems they are mainly a Russian species, but they have been cross-breeding with the common Canada Goose, so a diluted variety is showing up in the states lately.
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