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Posted by drphoto (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom) on 24 February 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

To see this month out I'm going to upload some cityscapes/architectural shots. I spend most of my time in cities so I have many, many pictures of them. I struggle most with city shots though. I come home with hundreds of pictures but only 2 or three decent shots! Here are some of them.

This picture is of a flock of birds who were almost jumping from rooftop to rooftop last time I visited Leeds.

I welcome all constructive comments, compliments and criticisms.
I am here to learn. the fastest way for me to learn is for you to be really unforgiving and articulate in your criticism =D)

If you don't have time to comment don't forget to give a star rating as you pass through!

Dan

P.S. You can find my fashion and portrait work here: http://www.modelmayhem.com/drphotographer

Comments (22)

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia

Excellent sharp detail. The building seems to have a halo of birds.

24 Feb 2008 1:21am

Elle from Sydney, Australia

Wow! That's a huge amount of birds! I really like this image :)

24 Feb 2008 1:43am

Dylan from Delhi, United States

Nice shot! I like the light, and all the action.

24 Feb 2008 2:01am

Gary from Cochise County, United States

Very vivid color and detail. Good work.

24 Feb 2008 2:39am

Celialee from Kyoto, Japan

This is a great capture! The timing is spot on.

24 Feb 2008 3:12am

pLusOne from Cheonan, South Korea

cool shot!
You did a nice capture of the timing that birds were flying!

24 Feb 2008 4:43am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Splendid!

24 Feb 2008 4:47am

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

Hitcock would be proud, wonderfully composed photo Dan :)

24 Feb 2008 5:02am

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

Lovely colors! Nice shot indeed

24 Feb 2008 5:06am

Ron from Saint Louis, United States

Beautiful shot. You can even see reflections of the birds in the last two windows to the left. The birds massed together as they are adds a very dramatic overtone to the shot.

24 Feb 2008 8:13am

@Ron: Thanks Ron,

I noticed that the birds kept flying 'en masse' from roof to roof. The had been on and off this building twice already. I really liked the lighting on this building and decided to set up my tripod ready for the next take off. I think the pidgeons knew what I was up to because I had to wate a full 15 mins before they decided to settle back on this roof; they just kept flying around and leaving my building out!

MOHAMMAD from BANDAR ABBAS, Iran

NICE SHOT

24 Feb 2008 8:30am

Ondro from Brezno, Slovakia

well-done picture :) you did it at the right moment :)

24 Feb 2008 10:27am

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

What a splendid birds rush!Beautifully captured!

24 Feb 2008 11:07am

baobab from Cambridge, United States

very nice - hard to capture birds at exactly the moment when they are all aloft yet still en masse.

24 Feb 2008 11:33am

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

I like this.

24 Feb 2008 1:05pm

Tse Min from Melbourne, Australia

nice take! i especially like the birds flying over the building. i don't get that chance over here and buildings are just WAYYYYYYY too tall to be shot and there's hardly any birds around in the city too.

24 Feb 2008 4:53pm

@Tse Min: Yes, I can imagine it is difficult shooting 'urban' bird dhots if the roofs are so high! Thanks for your comments Tse Min

Betsy Barron : www.thebetsy.com from Glenmoore, United States

well captured - the light is perfect !

24 Feb 2008 6:34pm

Anne from White Rock, BC, Canada

What a wonderful shot with all the birds! I lived in Leeds for just under half of my life - and I can't remember where this building is?? Is it as old as it appears or is it just a newer facade on it. Yorkshire Insurance Company ? is that Stables. and can't quite make out the inscription at the end??? Really Curious but a very nice building shot! :-)

24 Feb 2008 7:12pm