Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

A Gleam in his Eye

This photo is especially for Fons and Mark who inspired me so much to take bird photos (whenever possible).

This BIG raven was taken last week when we had lunch in the snow after skiing. My husband fed him dried dates from our food - and he came so close. Amazing!

shot with my little Canon PowerShot 100 ISO, 1/1600 sec, F5, 72mm (shows how close he was). I only cropped some snow from the top of the photo.

Commenti 25

  • Linda Herbert 01/02/2012 17:12

    Amazing is right!!! Wonderful shot Adele. It just goes to show you that you don't need all the bells and whistles to get the shot. The Canon PowerShot is a great little camera and you are a wonderful photographer. Put the two together and that makes for an AWESOME image. Loads of Hugs to you. ~ Linda
  • Robert L. Roux 19/01/2012 14:02

    the big black bird
    is one very cool cat ...
    the raven smiles
    the raven smiles
    robert l roux
    as for our
    almost
    impressive negative temperatures up here
    ( 'only' -36c in the car as i write this )
    i hope for minus fifty every year
    but
    with little luck the previous several -
    the colder it gets
    the more beautiful it becomes ...
    a smile from the north country

    robert
  • Deryck 07/03/2009 14:19

    Great shot of what I would think is an extremely difficult customer to photograph. I like the little twinkle in his eye. Well done
    Deryck
  • IndigoUK 02/03/2009 23:14

    Wow - das ist ein unglaublich starkes Bild - und so absolut schwarz - ein freundlicher starker Blick - wunderbar belichtet - das Auge, die Federn - toll!
    Gruss Indigo
  • Mick K. 28/02/2009 8:11

    Just amazing.

    cheers, mick
  • --Opal-- 28/02/2009 1:11

    Fantastische Aufnahme!
    Tolle Schärfe!
    +++++
    lg Opal
  • redfox-dream-art-photography 27/02/2009 15:53

    Wow, what a great picture!
    FANTASTIC!!!!!

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    bw, redfox
  • Andrea Sagawe 27/02/2009 13:21

    Excellent shot of this raven. Great details in it's feathers and good eye contact :-)

    andrea
  • Meike T. 27/02/2009 8:21

    Ich bin beeindruckt von deinem Raben!
    Sensationelles Bild. Die Schärfe, der Hintergrund, top.
    Und das Auge mit der Reflexion... Ganz großes Kompliment.

    LG Meike
  • Jürgen Cron 26/02/2009 23:34

    Hallo Adele, klasse der Rabe, einige finden Raben bedrohlich, ich nicht! Sie schauen immer so drollig.


    Viele liebe Grüße, Jürgen...
  • Ernst Heister 26/02/2009 19:45

    Der sieht ja wirklich zutraulich aus - ein gelungener Annäherungsversuch!
    Liebe Grüße, Ernst
  • Pascal Viyer 26/02/2009 19:24

    THE raven
    amitié
    p^v
  • vittorio L 26/02/2009 19:21

    What a beautiful raven!! Very fantstic photo, and an excellent capture.
    Ciao,Vittorio.
    Emozioni lungo un sentiero di montagna
    Emozioni lungo un sentiero di montagna
    vittorio L

  • Angelika El. 26/02/2009 17:54

    Ich mag sie sehr, die Raben - nur nicht immer ihr lautes Geschrei.... - ein toller Kontrast - das sw...

    LG!
    Angelika
  • Inez Correia Marques 26/02/2009 14:34

    THIS IS SO GOOD ADELE. GREAT EYE CONTACT .

    THE RAVEN .. A FAVORITE CREATURE..WITH A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART. THANK YOU DARLING