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B&W Neil
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Registered: October 2008
Location: West Cornwall
Posts: 4,246
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Thu, 21, January, 2010 7:42pm
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Tremendous work Bill and the quality of this image shows through. The gull looks very peaceful.
Neil.
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"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." Aristotle
Neil Souch
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Barry
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Registered: August 2008
Location: Mendip Hills, Somerset
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Thu, 21, January, 2010 8:17pm
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Nice thought and superb image Bill.
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Cheers, Barry
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Roy_H
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Registered: November 2008
Location: Suffolk
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StanW
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Registered: June 2009
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Posts: 581
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Fri, 22, January, 2010 6:57am
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An interesting idea. It reminds me very much of the old still-life paintings. Lots of images of "Death"; flowers, angel wings
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Alive and clicking Down Under.
A sad case of GAS - 8x10 pinhole down to 35mm slr and rf
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bill spears
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Registered: September 2009
Location: Penryn, Cornwall south coast
Posts: 151
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Fri, 22, January, 2010 9:53am
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Neil - glad I was patient and held out for the perceptol to arrive !
Roy - yes John Blakemore has been an inspiration in a lot of my work, especially his still life stuff tulip series.
I spent the whole day (outside in the freezing weather we had recently) on this set up. The bird was set in a tin box partially filled with water which froze solid overnight. Some of the other shots I did without the foilage and showed some interesting texture in the ice.
The angel wings are a small wire sculpture my girlfreind made.
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Stoo Batchelor
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Registered: September 2008
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Fri, 22, January, 2010 12:50pm
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Very nice print Bill. Sad but beautiful. You have a great eye and a wonderful creative mind
As always, thanks for sharing
Stoo
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Steve O
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Registered: December 2009
Location: Kelsall, Cheshire
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Fri, 22, January, 2010 2:02pm
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Very nice work, reminiscent of a victorian still life. I really like the tones too, they separate the different elements of the composition.
Steve
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CarlRadford
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Just outside of Glasgow
Posts: 227
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Fri, 22, January, 2010 4:57pm
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As I have said elsewhere - so painfully creative it hurts - can't wait to see some of your still life wet plates in the months to come  Forgot the discussion bit. I am off the opinion that still life's are one of the hardest things to do - it is solely down to you what is in - too much too little this way that way - you continue to produce work of superb quality.
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Keith Tapscott.
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Registered: June 2009
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Mon, 25, January, 2010 5:30pm
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It seems ironic that you found the Gull outside of Woolworths.
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Wed, 27, January, 2010 7:09am
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Beautiful image.
You would have had another 3 to photograph if I'd got my hands the ones tearing my dustbin bags to bits yesterday.
Suppose I should have used the seagull proof sacks the council issued us with.
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bill spears
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Registered: September 2009
Location: Penryn, Cornwall south coast
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Wed, 27, January, 2010 8:54am
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Thanks for all the comments.
Rob - I'm always on the lookout for more subjects and generally drive around 'eyeing up' all the road kill !!
It's a shame though that seagulls are often treated like vermin. I think it's a reflection on us and how we've become a wasteful and throw-away society.
St Ives, down here in Cornwall is like something from an Alfred Hitchcock movie, with birds swooping down and grabbing peoples pasties (often drawing blood in the process)
Hilarious to watch though !
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Wed, 27, January, 2010 10:13am
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I've had a pasty pinched by a gull in dartmouth. I did see the funny side of that one.
But every week on dustbin day in Kingsbridge, we have hordes of them pecking at bin bags creating a huge mess. They are a real nuisance when they do that.
A friend of mine in the merchant navy told me that when at sea they used to throw alka seltza tablets to the gulls following the ship. They'd catch and swallow them in one before exploding a few seconds later.
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Victor Krag
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Registered: October 2008
Location: Carmel, Monterey Peninsula, Ca
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Mon, 22, February, 2010 10:00pm
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Wow, incredible! This has some real beautiful, almost classical elements to it along with a bit of magic and the occult, perhaps.
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johnfilm
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Registered: February 2010
Location: Sussex,UK
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Tue, 23, February, 2010 7:00am
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Has a Victorian feel to it.
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Mark Burley
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Registered: September 2008
Location: Devon
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Sun, 11, April, 2010 9:08am
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Terrific image Bill - one I shall remember for quite some time. Thanks for posting it.
Mark
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Purely mono - markburley.co.uk
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