How Can You Be Sure This Is Freedom, If You Have Never Before Been Free?
All images used to create this taken with my Sony Alpha 350, various lenses, by me.
The LARGE view will definitely show more of the finer detail in this image – thank you.
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Bob Bremner
Great composition K what can I say it would be cruel to comment that it just another wonderful outstanding work of art but not being a man of great words I’m stuck with that.
Your just to good
DragonFlyer replied
O Bob – thank you… I just keep on trying… There are just too many images stuck in my mind bursting to get out… :)))
K xx
terugvanver
yep, like it :)
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you! That means a lot…
K xx
andrew j wrigley
Fantastic image!
DragonFlyer replied
thank you very much andrew – I’m always trying new things in PS with these, so it’s great to hear they work out ok…
K xx
smallfox
Beautiful image, Dragonflyer! The overall finish and the cracks in the texture are beautiful and the light on the magpie glows over the whole picture! Wonderful!!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much smallfox – as I mentioned above – I’m always trying things new to me in PS – so I’m very glad to hear the result is ok :)))
K xx
Lumase
Another good work…
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you Lumase – very much… I’m trying to convey a ‘sense’ of a feeling… and the PS techniques I need are growing all the time…
K xx
JUSTART
great work
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you my friend :)))
K xx
Clare Colins
Brilliant work K. glad to see the magpie is really alive :))
DragonFlyer replied
O – thanks Clare! I’m glad you ‘like’ (?) this one…
K xx
bev langby
your words fit well and ring true of captive birds , i often wonder if they know that they have the ability to soar , and wish they could…..
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you Bev – I don’t know if they know or sense this at all… really – for them, I hope they don’t. But birds are the perfect symbol for a ‘sense’ of freedom in any context really…
K xx
roy skogvold
what a wonderful development in your work k. this is really going places. love the image and the title as well
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much Roy – I feel reasonably happy too with how my work is developing… I think my ‘straight’ photography is improving, and with each of these images I learn a technique in PS new to me… And yes… the title is something that kind of ‘rings true’ for me right now… :)))
K xx
DragonFlyer replied
And Roy – I’ve noticed that even with composites it makes a great difference to have much better quality ‘starting out’ images (unless deliberately doing a re-do of an old shot for example…)
K xx
annamora
really so good … love it ….
... and indeed – good question !
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much annamora… and yes… the ‘question’ feels kind of ‘real’ to me too…
K xx
Helene Kippert
Moving and powerful!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much for your comments on my work Helene – I value your input highly – your own work is always extremely beautiful, and moving with many depths and meanings – and very different technique to what I know, so it means a lot to me that you sense something in some of what I create too :)))
K xx
cheywings
DragonFlyer replied
O wow! I am most honoured to have my work featured as ‘Unconventional’!!!!
Thank you so much :)))
hsien-ku
gorgeous! love your little bird. such a beautiful composition and a lovely sentiment too. Guess you just have to trust :)
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much J! I was so pleased to finally be in a setting where I was able to capture some really nice images of these magpies – and birds are such a perfect classical symbol for freedom…
K xx
Shelly Harris
Awesome image!
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks Shelly :)))
Ushna Sardar
DragonFlyer replied
O thank you! It gives me such a thrill to see in my feed that you have ‘commented’ on an image of mine… It feels like recognition that something I do ‘registers’ somewhere…
K x
StopComplaining
this is so amazing
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you very much – glad you like it :)))
Gouzelka
Very beautiful image!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you for your kind words :)))
Danica Radman ...
bravissimo, dear friend
DragonFlyer replied
O thank you dearly! You are so kind :)))
K xx
PennyEdwardes
Love your work Dragon! There is so much going on here…amazing!
DragonFlyer replied
Thanks so much for your kind comment Penny! I do always (or usually lol) try to have some kind of deeper ‘concept’ to what I do, as well as evoke some kind of emotional response…
K xx
PennyEdwardes
You certainly have done that! Keep up the brilliant work….you are one talented photographer!
DragonFlyer replied
Thank you so much for your wonderful support Penny :)))
K xx
Scott d'Almeida
your work is wonderful; am just a beginner but you work is amazing cheers
DragonFlyer replied
YOU are just a beginner??? Come on… Thank you for your wonderful encouragement of what I’m doing :)))