Thu Aug 3, 2023

[Dave]

Hi Lorell, and thanks for your comments. I knew the composition was pretty extreme, but I thought the visual "weight” of the bird balanced the wide area of empty space.

No, I haven't been to sleep yet. Both games had more than 10 minutes of extra time, so when they ended it was almost time for my early morning walk. Now I need to update my World Cup spreadsheet to reflect the stunning results of these two games - South Korea (#17) tied Germany (#2), and Germany failed to advance to the knock-out round - the highest-ranked team to ever fail to advance. And Morocco (#72) beat Columbia (#25) to advance as #2 in their group. Colombia also advanced as #1 in the group  and to try to come up with my predictions the rest of the tournament. Then I'll fix a light breakfast before grabbing a few hours of sleep.

I like your double exposure: nice use desaturated color, and it has a ton of energy.

Hi Rich, and thanks. I don't know if the two birds are closely related.

Fun photo - well done. I would enjoy seeing and photographing a hot air balloon event.