fail ;p

today is the last day for the one night stand challenge - the technique was "high speed"...

at a loss for inspiration i took myself for a walk along the river with a thought to perhaps shooting cyclists or something... found a spot overlooking the river that screamed for long exposure... took the shot, was in the midst of dialling back in the high speed settings when this pair of birds flew by... sadly, i was only up to 1/40s at the time...

and it is now 10:30 and i need to crawl into bed... muggy day = migraine and i am back to work tomorrow after a week off... perhaps i will play around with speed tomorrow to make up for this...

mad hatter shot posted here:
http://365project.org/madhatters/365/2014-07-20

[Simply Amanda]

nah, this isn't bad, but the hatter shot is so not a fail, despite the body and all that. SUPER job, my friend!! Holy hell, I made a MESS tonight.

[Graeme Stevens]

Not a fail, I think it's a great shot - and yep, the Hatter shot is superb

[Taffy]

It worked out -- the birds make for cool reflections and an overall shape that really adds to the shot.

[Hope D Jennings]

This is a lovely moody shot.it jumped right off the feed and spoke to me. Fav

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Maggiemae]

The wings both down make this shot so special! fav

[Leanne M Williams]

Oh my goodness, this is absolutely stunning :-)

[Debs Stott]

Love the shapes the wings make with the water.

[Newbank Lass]

This is fabulous. Those birds just make it and the reflections.

[Margaret Obey]

Wow, instant fav

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Gorgeous shot, love the reflections & shapes :)

[Rachel Withey]

Lovely shot, the reflections are great.

[Humphrey Hippo]

The reflections are lovely. Love the toning too.

[Ryan]

You must be so disappointed, hoping to get a shot of some fat guy on a bike, but having to settle for a perfectly timed and composed Zen shot like this. So sad. ;-)

[Krista Marson]

i think it beautiful.

[David]

Whatever you say you are trying to achieve, the result is invariably a superb photograph! Wonderful tones here. Fav!

[Jani M]

nice shapes!

[livvy]

Wow lovely reflections..

[Sue]

This is beautiful! Fav

[Bill Fenske]

Not a fail at all.

[Bankmann]

Not a fail, at all, as others have said before me.
Actually, this put me in mind of Andre Bjerke’s "De dødes tjern» (‘Lake of the dead’, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_of_the_Dead), written under teh pseudonym Bernhard Borge, turned into film in 1958.

[☠northy]

@bankmann ugh... i don't "do" horror! (making it extremely difficult to wrap my mind around a mad hatters shot for the week, but i digress)... i actually was reminded of the scene in one of the last harry potters - the one where there's a lake full of souls?

[Bankmann]

@northy
Now that you mention it, the mood and colour work does indeed match some scenes in those movies… (Which I loved, by the way… :-p )

[Steve Angell]

Awesome!