Critique Welcomed I'm Being watched...

[Brian Moore]

...as my daughter and son-in-law prepare to unleash the Mighty Oakley on the Dog Beach section of Huntington Beach.

Canon P and Canon 35/1.8 LTM with Kodak 400 film.

Developed 5 rolls of color film yesterday and realized I initially attributed this shot to the wrong camera. I actually shot it with my Olympus XA2. Same film, though.

 

[Pete Askew]

A giant DSG!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

A menacing one at that. Haha, fine shot, Brian.

 

[Brian Moore]

A menacing one at that. Haha, fine shot, Brian.

Thanks Rob.

 

[Dave Farnes]

That is a great picture. The tones and the grain in the image make it look more like a vintage painting than a photo.

 

[Brian Moore]

That is a great picture. The tones and the grain in the image make it look more like a vintage painting than a photo.

Thanks Dave. Much appreciated.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

A picture that I can ponder over for a while. like the variety Huntington beach has to offer along with these nostalgic colours.
I remember my first times on this forum the mentions of the dreaded DSG and smile to myself as at the time I came to the conclusion that it was a bird, how daft I was

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Dodkins Surveillance Gull. A one-time member here had gulls spying on people. Or so the story goes.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Dodkins Surveillance Gull. A one-time member here had gulls spying on people. Or so the story goes.

Yes Dodkins went to the other side and became a spokesman for the Fuji's clan , or a moderator at least. I dont scan other forums as I used to and have lost touch with what he is up to these days.

 

[Brian Moore]

A one-time member here had gulls spying on people.

Actually he had a cheeky habit of metamorphosing into a variety of bird shapes (examples aplenty reside deep in the RPF vaults), and would then take wing to spy on us as we practiced our photographic arts.

 

[Brian Moore]

A picture that I can ponder over for a while.

Thanks Julian. Much appreciated.

 

[Brian Moore]

what he is up to these days

When last spotted he had metamorphosed into a crow and was spying on me while I was at the beach with my family.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I've just read Crow by the great poet, Ted Hughes. If that's the path Dodkin has settled on, we are in for a bleak time indeed!

https://vimeo.com/yoavsegal/crow

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I can see why you are being spied upon, lurking around like that. Very suspicious character and no horns.

 

[Brian Moore]

I can see why you are being spied upon, lurking around like that. Very suspicious character and no horns.

Yes no horns. People in Norway wear horns. Its not Norway.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Yes no horns. People in Norway wear horns. Its not Norway.

Well horns or no horns, we hide that virtual fact very well.

 

[Pete Askew]

So is it Huginn or Muninn?

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

So is it Huginn or Muninn?

Absolutely