The raven on the dead tree behind our house.

[moonvoice]

Comments

[alleia]

wow thats beautiful photos.

[wireandroses]

these are so stylized-ly beautiful i thought you'd drawn them in ink at first. they couldn't look more ultimate raven in ultimate tree if you'd said "okay, raven, now i want you to pose like this and ruffle your feathers a little and smile with your eyes."

[shinryou]

Just wonderful!

[elialshadowpine]

Wow, I thought that first one was a painting at first!

[feralkiss]

I really love the first one. Something about the stance and throat feathers.

[tangledaxon]

These photos are incredible. They look like something from a vision or dream.

[redsixwing]

What a lovely bird!
I am amazed again at the length of the hackles on your ravens.

[ex_wolfborn415]

Gorgeous!

[outlineofash]

Gorgeous photos! I love how stark the raven is against the sky.

[hrafn]

Wow. I really love the 3rd photo!

[wireandroses]

oh wow, i didn't realize i'd posted this comment in real life and not just my dream. uh, i stand by the sentiment, but take the phrasing with a grain of "3am on sleep meds" /o\

[ariestess]

Gorgeous pictures!

[white_rabbit]

My gods, you always have such STUNNING photos of ravens! How do you do it? :D

[donnalotus]

Ooooh <3 much love <3

[silverjackal]

Oh those are *awesome*. We're quite buried in ravens here at the moment -- multiple pairs moving around, looking for somewhere to set up house (assuming they're not going back to last year's nest). They're doing a lot of swaggering around, showing off. :D

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[moonvoice]

Lol, aw, but I liked the comment! :D

[moonvoice]

Thanks! :D

[moonvoice]

I love that first one. I hope they keep visiting that tree. :)

[moonvoice]

Australian raven throat hackles are insane; especially on a windy day. :D

[moonvoice]

They're amazing. I love their white eyes.

[moonvoice]

The hackles are impressive, aren't they? :)

[moonvoice]

Thanks!

[moonvoice]

Thanks! The clouds were being very helpful yesterday. *g*

[moonvoice]

Thanks! I love flight shots. I wish I could spend entire weeks just capturing flight shots.

[moonvoice]

Thank you! :)

[moonvoice]

Hmm... patience and a steady hand mostly. But also, there's a super-abundance of ravens around here, which helps.

[moonvoice]

Thanks! :D

[moonvoice]

We've got a lot here; but mostly because it's a 'suburb in construction' and they gravitate to all the crap the workers throw away, and it seems they like making lots of noise in the shells of empty houses too.

I love how ravens strut. :D

[etherealzephyr]

Be-HOOOOLD my mighty through feathers! For they are mighty! And a sight to behold! *giggle*

[burningbright]

Oh. Beautiful. These would make the most amazing postcards.

[wireandroses]

:D

[white_rabbit]

We have pretty giant ones here, a lot of them. So I SEE them a lot, but almost never when I have a camera, hah. >.

[nachtrabe]

I particularly love the first one where you can see the raven's eye on a plain, contrasting background of the sky.

[toeknuckles]

Hey, please feel free to say no, but would it be ok with you if I used these as a reference? Totally fine if it's not. Please don't feel pressured. 8-)

[moonvoice]

Seriously, go for it! :D That would be awesome.