Magpies don’t have the best of reputations but their black and white coat with its stark contrast is just too beautiful.
The black and white is calling for a monochrome treatment. In the second adaptation I played around with the white balance. I like to do that sometimes because it can yield interesting effects. And then I just went colour crazy.
The One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge in March.
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Quite different to our Magpies. Love the conversions Elke 🙂 🙂
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Thanks, Brian.
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I checked. It’s a completely different kind of bird, judging from the wiki entries and the Latin name.
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Oh yes quite different I was amazed at the variety while travelling and seeing Magpies
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Love the red one, Elke 😃
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I do, too! It’s WoW!
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Thought of Warhol when I saw your post. I like the ones where you played with color: in the black and white the bird merged with the sky. A magpie is a great subject for creative color treatment.
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He’s got an accusing sort of ‘who woke me up?’ look 🙂 🙂 I like him.
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I was late afternoon … but I see your point. 😀
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