Flight Delay

Posted by GJC (Kyoto (京都), Japan) on 3 January 2009 in Animal & Insect.

Another shot from Regensburg, close to where I took yesterday's. I thought these pigeons looked like they were waiting for better flying conditions.

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Comments (16)

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

There is something quite amusing about this one. Well spotted.

3 Jan 2009 5:31am

kiji from valenciennes, France

I love the graphic aspect of tiles and the amazing group of birds!
It looks so cold! brrrr

3 Jan 2009 7:45am

@kiji: Thanks for the visit and the comment. Yes, even though there was no snow it was very cold that day and the birds show it.

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Wow what a gorgeous roof, I think the birds like it too :) Well done GJC

3 Jan 2009 10:11am

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

A truly remarkable photograph with the visual play between the birds, the ornaments on the tower and the fancy roofing tiles . . all relate in subtle ways to make this ace composition. Well worth getting cold for !

3 Jan 2009 11:20am

Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany

Another minimalistic piece of art. So have you been to Germany on your recent holidays?

3 Jan 2009 3:06pm

cat from tel aviv, Israel

It's funny, when I saw the detail of the roof tile I was reminded of your pictures of Japanese temples (if that's the right term for them...). The reds are lovely in this - the pigeons look like part of the roof decoration.

3 Jan 2009 4:22pm

beanow from Poland

Super framing! Taken down great textures, just and in the proper moment seized pigeons... Bravo!

3 Jan 2009 5:25pm

Steve Rice from United States

Such a wonderful image. The tower in the fog adds an air of mystery.

3 Jan 2009 7:14pm

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

Everything in this image works so fantastic. At first I saw the pigeons, then the roof with its colors and at least the church and dust in the background. Wonderful.

3 Jan 2009 8:19pm

grant from kansas city, United States

they seem to have become part of the architecture. very fine shot.

3 Jan 2009 11:10pm

baobab from Cambridge, United States

nice eye in this - I like the way the birds echo the bumpy bits in the steeple's architecture (there must be some technical term), and the bright tiles beneath the window.

did you try a crop shaving a little more off from the left? i.e. bringing the window to about 1/3 from the left edge of the shot. I'd be interested to see how that affects the visual balance.

4 Jan 2009 3:34am

@baobab: Thanks for your visit and the thoughtful comment. I appreciate the suggestion and will give it a try. I had it this way originally because the right edge of the steeple comes to the half-way point in the composition, giving it some stability I thought. But I'll see what it looks like with a little crop on the left. Thanks again!

daina from United States

I always find it remarkable that some want to alter another work. Another’s work has an integrity I don’t want to intrude upon even by a slight suggestion. But it was a good observation about the “pegs” on the steeple echoing the birds. It is as if the birds are climbing the steeple to heaven :}

4 Jan 2009 3:39pm