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Austin

by Rick Turner

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted December 9, 20141,296 views5 comments
This is a trick capture for this weeks challenge. Right off you might think the small item in the shot wwas the rower ~ but looking closer there is a egret. Now if you look even closer there is a homeless man siting under a tree to the right of the egret.
The homeless man was my interest as he lived on the edge of the river.

Sony a77
20 mm minolta f 2.8 prime :toast:

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on December 9, 2014 at 11:31 PM
I'll take the rower as the small subject, cause even in the larger version, the egret might be a glare spot and the dot under the tree could be just about anything. :biggrin: It's a great view, Rick, with the rower set off so well by the sky scrapers and the very interesting sky.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on December 10, 2014 at 12:12 AM
I can see the egret and man, but man, are they small :wink: Is that a Texas flag on the left row? That is definitely eye catching. And the perspective is excellent.
Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Minish on December 10, 2014 at 3:23 AM
I vote for the rower as the prime subject also, Rick. Even in the large version I can't recognize the white spot as an egret and there's no way I can tell that the person under the tree is homeless. :razz: Nice composition but the lens distortion seems to be tilting the building on the right. Odd that the left side seems pretty straight.
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Comment posted by Rick Turner on December 10, 2014 at 10:57 AM
I must admit, I was being a bit off handed when I said the bird and man. they did interest me until all of a sudden, this sculler came by and yes, those are lone star flags on the oars.
God Bless Texas :wavey: and Hook em Horns :mad:
Registered on February 18, 2012, 534 Posts, 2755 Comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 20, 2014 at 10:10 AM
Excellent shot Rick, interesting succession of diminishing returns/subjects..
Well done & Merry Christmas! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments