2307 - La Gazza Ladra


Here’s one image of a lone magpie resting on a tree across the street. Thursday morning it sat there long enough for me to take several images.

No images were taken on Saturday though. I was busy buying a new washing machine, installing it and getting rid of the defective old one 🙂

The Song of the Day is not exactly a song at all. It’s the overture to Gioachino Rossini’s opera “La Gazza Ladra”, famously used by Stanley Kubrick in “A Clockwork Orange”. If violence disturbs you, I suggest you’d better avoid the two scenes from the movie where it was used so brilliantly.


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John Linn   (2013-02-11)

Great shot. I like the subtle blue sky and the bird gave you a perfect pose.

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andreas   (2013-02-17)

Well, the sky was pretty problematic. The camera's exposure automatic had underexposed the sky, with the result of a beautiful sky gradient. Lightening the image destroyed the sky, thus I had to work selectively and be careful not to create unnatural halos. Let's say that there is much more work in this image than the result would make you expect 🙂

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Paul   (2013-02-12)

Nice shot, Andreas. It's nice when the birds stick around for a shot or two.

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andreas   (2013-02-17)

Thanks. Really, that bird stood there for minutes. I could have used a view camera, setting it up included 😄

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