A Photo for Friday

"Flight"

Flight

“Flight”

April 25, 2023

Santa Barbara, CA

Note: click the image for a better resolution.

FILED UNDER: Photo for Friday, Photography
Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

  1. Flat Earth Luddite says:

    Wow. I mean, absolutely freaking WOW!

    ETA
    This is a shot I’m absolutely and completely geeking out about. Blowing the background out turned an incredible shot into an absolutely killer piece of art! You’ve blown my mind before with stuff but this one is an absolute masterpiece.

    ETA 2
    If you tell me that isn’t post production editing but you just got this on the fly, I’ll bow to the master, Sensei.

    ETA 3
    If you don’t blow this up large on the wall, shame on you.

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  2. MarkedMan says:

    Very cool. Might be interesting to see cropped severely top and bottom, i.e. a narrow horizontal strip with just the birds

  3. al Ameda says:

    this is wonderful

  4. @Flat Earth Luddite: Many thanks for the kind words!

    I didn’t do much post-processing–I cropped out the water and bumped the blacks a tad. Here’s the shot SOOC: click.

    @MarkedMan: Thanks! And that’s a good idea.

    @al Ameda: Thanks!

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  5. CSK says:

    @Steven L. Taylor:

    It reminds me of Japanese art.

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  6. Mr. Prosser says:

    @MarkedMan: @CSK: So beautiful. As an admirer of Sumi-e this grabs me and the suggestion of a horizontal scroll is a good one.

  7. Flat Earth Luddite says:

    @Steven L. Taylor:

    Yep, the crop was spot on for a large (say, 24 or 30″ square) , ditto the idea to trim to a banner print.

    Again, A+ work!

    ETA, pro photo in PDX or white House would do you right on a large scale print.

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