Comments on: Wind Against Sun Strategies — Part II. Pray for a Large, Surreal Storm Cloud on the Eastern Horizon. And Bummer! https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2022/07/08/wind-against-sun-strategies-part-ii-pray-for-a-large-surreal-storm-cloud-on-the-eastern-horizon-and-bummer/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:26:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2022/07/08/wind-against-sun-strategies-part-ii-pray-for-a-large-surreal-storm-cloud-on-the-eastern-horizon-and-bummer/comment-page-1/#comment-1960241 Sat, 09 Jul 2022 09:42:47 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=81144#comment-1960241 In reply to Cliff Beittel.

Thanks, Cliff. I agree on the bird looking out at something great, but I liked the first gator image a lot better. Different strokes. I have not received any JPEGs yet 🙂

with love, a

]]> By: Cliff Beittel https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2022/07/08/wind-against-sun-strategies-part-ii-pray-for-a-large-surreal-storm-cloud-on-the-eastern-horizon-and-bummer/comment-page-1/#comment-1960165 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 21:02:35 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=81144#comment-1960165 Artie, for a great facing-away image, I’d nominate your 2nd gator with a Great Egret chick the other day. Both images were wonderful, but I much preferred the 2nd one, as it was clearer what had happened, and the gator and bird formed a interesting X-pattern. Granted that while the gator was facing away, the dead chick wasn’t.

I also think a bird facing away can work if there’s beautiful water or something else the bird is looking at or if it appears the bird–especially a migratory species–is ready to depart. Or if one bird is chasing another. Exceptions to be sure.

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