I love silhouettes and birds, this is a killer combination for a competition.
It is easy to capture silhouettes at sunset. Sunsets by themselves are so romantic and having birds against a beautiful skyline is double the romance. I find it harder to get a great image against a bright blue skyline. I also love making up stories with my images .. so let me tell you a story.. a simple one though.
One evening many moons ago hundreds of birds were flying around celebrating the warmth and the beauty of the sun one evening. Each bird wanted to be in the spotlight. They pretended that they could put the sun to shame with the scintillating feathers and sculptured beauty by flying against it.
However, a couple who had seen it all knew that they could never outshine the sun. They just wanted to enjoy the evening in each other's company as they admired the beauty and relaxed in the warmth of the sun.. They spent their time saying sweet nothings to each other and falling in love all over again each day as the sun set.
One evening as they sat on their favorite branch of the coconut palm, another bird came uninvited to their tree. This tree had been their home forever. This is where they had raised their babies and lived happily until then. Now, this new guy was trying to woo the lady away.
This is where they had fallen in love at first. They didn't want to let an invader destroy their peace.
So they drove him away, as far as they sunset on their land.
Making sure that he would never come back again.
They lived happily ever after. with the kingfisher
and the dark eagle for neighbors.
They spent their days on the tree in peace watching sunsets
and the dark eagles flying around gracefully in the sky.
I just wanted to make this competition a bit more creative and fun with the story i spun for you.
Please consider the second image for the competition. Its been fun putting this together for the #smap silhouette competition.
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