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nixterComment: At first, I thought that it would have been better if one bird really stood out sharply, but then I looked a bit closer and realized that the birds are not to be used as an individual subject but rather as a group, so if one stood out from the group, it would draw attention elsewhere. Because they are all moving, they make up a single entity in the pic. They provide the contrast to the second group of pigeons which are in flight.
The slight motion captured in the man allows him to be identified more with the group of pigeons on the ground, milling about rather than moving upwards.
There's more there too! The couple on the bench is not part of the group, but share the nature of the birds on the ground as merely sitting enjoying the moment. Additionally, there's a person moving swiftly past in the BG who identifies with the 'rising' birds. Further, the couple on the far left is faceless and disassociated, but it is curious that it looks like she is standing about 3 inches above the ground, in thin air as it were. Plenty of interest there.
This is less 'visual' than many of the other pics, but there is so much contained in it that it really is of a rare sort. A gem indeed.
I've got a pic in mind that I think will get the blue, but it's barely a patch on this one in terms of sheer depth.
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