I like to think of myself as bird-friendly. I don't know if the reciprocal is true but I would like to know that they are my friends too. Until I have some confirmation of this friendship I will try to write something in the Feathered Friends community as well, cared for by three ladies I don't know if they are my friends, but whom I have known for a very long time, from the other world I might say, a world that began with St and ended with mit!
I just found out that the Show Me A Photo Contest contest has reached Round 150, which is to be celebrated.
It's a photo contest. I have entered many such contests, as have all those who love photography. Only in this contest, I have not participated so far for a very simple reason. I don't know how to photograph birds and I don't have the necessary lenses to photograph from a distance.
The main purpose of entering a contest is to win something, a reward. It is a recognition of value. For me, the rewards are not important. The appreciation you receive from someone, a curator or a jury, proves that you have managed to do something good or at least that you have managed to fit the requirements of the contest theme.
The topic now is a very permissive one, because it is a free theme. I just have to pick the best bird photo I have. Seems like something simple and easy to do... but not for me.
I searched through my bird photos, starting with the most recent ones, but after a lot of work with sorting and editing (especially enlarging), I wasn't at all happy with the result. I wanted to give up but remembered that I had been to a great museum in the open air, an ethnographic museum, where I was able to get up close and personal with some swans. They approached me, probably used to getting food from visitors.
I'm not at all happy with the photos. The bright white of the feathers burns out the details. I should stop posting. I just remembered that I have many, much better photos of gulls. I think I'll use them another time...
Next, I'll put the photos from my first option, the most recent photos taken of a large group of waterfowl, swans, geese, and ducks, that I met by chance when I took a walk in a very beautiful place near Bucharest, Mogosoaia Palace.
The palace garden is located on the shore of a lake. It was a huge surprise to see so many birds on the lake!
The surprise of seeing these images I would say idyllic was caused by the moment I took the photos. At the end of December, when winter should have taken over and these birds should have gone far away to the warm countries.
You can see that part of the lake is covered with ice, I mean I hope you can see it because it was there...
I'm glad I was able to complete this attempt for myself. I did it out of respect for the ladies I mentioned earlier. Our colleagues who are in charge of this community and a few others, equally interesting.
I hope to see you all well again on the 200th anniversary of this contest!