Its The Little Things

 Everything is more than the sum of its parts but often we only notice things on a superficial level. I am no different. 

However I do love to find the little details when I am walking around, and as well as capturing the big things I also like to focus on things from a different perspective in order to highlight the little details; for example like the door knob in the first two images or the pheasant handle on the sword in the sculpture in the penultimate shot the additional elements to the fero da prora in the seventh photo. It is important to see these things, after all someone has taken the time to create them and it would be sad if no one actually acknowledged them.

 

Poised for the Kill

I know these aren't the greatest shots of (what I believe is a female kestrel); I can blame the poor light, or the cold wind, or the fact that the bird was moving and that it was quite a long way off. However I really like these images, really like them. 

I love the layers of light and the way the little light there is brightens up the plumage. I love the form of the bird as it hovers searching for its next meal.

I watched for some time and three times it plummeted down but each time coming up "empty-handed" before moving on to another patch of ground where from a different vantage point I later saw it devouring its prey

In Focus

This piece of wrought ironwork was in a door in the Chateau de Haut Koenigsbourg and I almost missed it walking past but I am so glad I spotted it because I think it makes a wonderful image. I experimented with a few different settings to focus of the ironwork and also on the stonework in the background of all the shots I took this I think is the best.

I like the lighting and shadows and I like the patterns in the lattice itself.

Different Perspective

These three pictures are of the same section of a footbridge across a river but taken from different angles and so they look like completely different things. The first picture looks as though it is upright rather than horizontal, it is smooth and shiny from the wear of many feet passing on it. The second shot although of the same section of the bridge is more angular and the texture changes as you look from left to right.  My favourite shot is the third one, I like the perspective and the way the focus changes the further into the image that you look.