Ornithophobia by mej2011

Ornithophobia

Ornithophobia is the fear of birds.

Editing consisted of Photoscape's Cross Process & Vignette #9 effects.
I'm digging the phobia theme you are having going on here! And coolio shot of Mr Hawk here!
January 7th, 2012  
@bobfoto
Thanks! I like this shot, but the SOOC shot, which I posted in my other album is better in my opinion.
January 7th, 2012  
Oh hai. THIS IS A BIRD. gahhh
January 7th, 2012  
@beautifulthing
Not a fan of birds?
January 7th, 2012  
Ah, the evil twin of the beautiful one I just saw - obviously it is all a matter of perception (or in this case of interesting editing).
January 7th, 2012  
Did you shoot this is manual? Why do you hate manual? It's perfectly focused and quite a sharp image!
January 7th, 2012  
@pwallis
No, this is not manual. The manual shot was completely blurry, or too dark, or way too light. I can't seem to get my settings right, so I hate manual. lol.
January 7th, 2012  
@mej2011 - do you know.... I have never worked out how to get to other albums. Only if they appear in my news feed do I find my way there. So for many people, I miss out on 2/3rds of their project!
January 7th, 2012  
@mej2011 ahhh, I see. Well it's hard to shoot manual on things like birds too, that can up and fly off whenever they please too.
January 7th, 2012  
@bobfoto
Well, look on the top right where it says my name, it'll say 3 albums, you just click on that and it will show you all 3 albums. Or however many albums the people have.
January 7th, 2012  
@pwallis
So I need to taser the birds first?
January 7th, 2012  
@mej2011 probably a good idea.
January 7th, 2012  
@bobfoto I generally only follow their main albums, since that's where most people put their fave photos anyways. I have a few special exceptions, like Jani and Melissa:)
January 7th, 2012  
@pwallis
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! I'm special!!! :) lol.
Okay, off to find a taser.
January 7th, 2012  
@mej2011 @pwallis - I have learnt something new today! Goody, that means I can now sit underneath a shady tree and drink beer! And its only 09:30am! Hip hip Hoorah!
January 7th, 2012  
@bobfoto I didn't know that was an excuse to drink beer! I just learned something too! Off to get some beer:)
January 7th, 2012  
@pwallis - Cheers! I say you can only exercise the brian so much before it requires rehydrating!
January 7th, 2012  
@bobfoto
the brian?
you mean brain?
January 7th, 2012  
@pwallis coughcough

@mej2011 It is probably exxagerating to say I have full-blown ornithophobia but I am almost pathologically afraid of birds.
January 7th, 2012  
@beautifulthing
Interesting. Any idea why?
January 8th, 2012  
@mej2011 Because what I AM pathologically afraid of is dead birds. And, at any moment, a live bird could fall over dead, thus rendering him a dead bird, and one of my greatest fears.
January 8th, 2012  
@beautifulthing
And yet you wanted to be a forensic scientist? Are you afraid of dead things in general or just birds?
January 8th, 2012  
@mej2011 - i always mean brian.
January 8th, 2012  
Cool edit
January 8th, 2012  
@beautifulthing - then Shelly how could you have looked at my beautiful susu mama image from the Goroka Show with all those feathers???
January 8th, 2012  
@bobfoto
The Life of Brian?
January 8th, 2012  
@peterdegraaff
Thank you Peter!
January 8th, 2012  
Great shot!
January 8th, 2012  
@bobfoto I was distracted by the boobs. ;) Nah, I'm okay with feathers that are very obviously off the bird. It's when there is corpse involved that I start to lose it.
January 8th, 2012  
@sharingmylife
Thank you Savannah!
January 8th, 2012  
@beautifulthing @bobfoto
What are you people talking about?
January 8th, 2012  
@mej2011 - not really. I accidentally typed Brian into a Forum and it got a few laughs and a few comments like yours. So I kept it up. So from now on, I type Brian when referring to the grey gloop in my brain bucket.
January 8th, 2012  
@bobfoto
So Brian only refers to gray matter?
January 8th, 2012  
@beautifulthing - There is one whole corpse in that shot, but it hard to see and I am not guaranteed that it is. There may be others to follow unfortunately...
January 8th, 2012  
@bobfoto I shall try to be brave!!
January 8th, 2012  
@mej2011 - all I got left.
January 8th, 2012  
You know, somehow that bird looks ominous to me.
January 8th, 2012  
@adhiwalker
I'm glad. Thank you!
January 8th, 2012  
Love this series! Great shot, but maybe the sunny warm feel isn't adding to the phobia feel ... maybe turn this into a monochrome and tint to some radical color like dark red ?
January 8th, 2012  
@janmaki
I thought about the monochrome, but I figured that you and @pwallis wouldn't like it because it was taking away from the natural colors of the bird.
January 8th, 2012  
@mej2011 Natural colors are nice to see in a bird shot, but this is a phobia shot. So do whatever necessary to create the phobia feel to the shot... that's how I see it.
January 8th, 2012  
Beautiful shot, great processing!
January 8th, 2012  
@mariboo
Thank you Missy!
January 8th, 2012  
@janmaki
I tried the red and didn't like it. I'll try different colors.
January 8th, 2012  
Cool processing for this phobia theme!
January 8th, 2012  
great shot and edit!
January 9th, 2012  
@kammy @katrinacristy
Thank you Both!
January 9th, 2012  
Great shot!
January 15th, 2012  
@charli321
Thanks Charli!
January 16th, 2012  
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