"Trapped"
My Mother was an artist who worked with all types of materials. I loved her abstracts the most. At an early age I gained an appreciation for out-of-the-box art----especially her abstracts. One thing leads to another and now those influences often direct my photography. If I see a pattern or design that catches my eye---I shoot it and then work on it in post production.
I made this image while working on my Allen Farm project. I was walking around an abandoned home on the farm, when I came across this dead starling laying on its back, up against the window. His beak pointing straight up. I moved to the side to eliminate my reflection and took a series of shots. I selected this one because of the reflection of the hill, trees, farm field, and the natural grunge on the glass. This shot is pretty much straight out of the camera---of course, I did some sharpening, saturation work, and curves work.
Actually, the plight of this bird made me think of all the people that are trapped in dead-end jobs, bad marriages, or relationships, lives of poverty, whatever............. The starling got in---but he didn't have the ability to get out. People do have some options.
I made this image with my Pentax K5 and Pentax 16-50mm lens. Processing was done with Aperture 3.
Camera settings: ISO 800, aperture f/13, shutter 1/25, focal length 24mm
dead starling
resting on a window ledge
telling a story
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
"Trapped"
My Mother was an artist who worked with all types of materials. I loved her abstracts the most. At an early age I gained an appreciation for out-of-the-box art----especially her abstracts. One thing leads to another and now those influences often direct my photography. If I see a pattern or design that catches my eye---I shoot it and then work on it in post production.
I made this image while working on my Allen Farm project. I was walking around an abandoned home on the farm, when I came across this dead starling laying on its back, up against the window. His beak pointing straight up. I moved to the side to eliminate my reflection and took a series of shots. I selected this one because of the reflection of the hill, trees, farm field, and the natural grunge on the glass. This shot is pretty much straight out of the camera---of course, I did some sharpening, saturation work, and curves work.
Actually, the plight of this bird made me think of all the people that are trapped in dead-end jobs, bad marriages, or relationships, lives of poverty, whatever............. The starling got in---but he didn't have the ability to get out. People do have some options.
I made this image with my Pentax K5 and Pentax 16-50mm lens. Processing was done with Aperture 3.
Camera settings: ISO 800, aperture f/13, shutter 1/25, focal length 24mm
dead starling
resting on a window ledge
telling a story
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer