Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 22 January 2008 in Animal & Insect.
A frequently tragic sight along rural Texas highways. Cars and highways are hard on native animal populations. I can't drive very far around here without seeing animals of all kinds killed by cars, and often a flock of vultures feasting on their remains. There was a flock of vultures feasting on this deer, but as you'll see in tomorrow's image, this particular deer seems also to have been scavenged by human vultures.
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It's pretty gruesome but somehow in B/W and with the clean 'cut' of the deer's torso the shot is removed from reality. It's a very artistic image.
22 Jan 2008 1:57pm
@Daroru: Gruesome it is, and many people will undoubtedly put off by it, but it is an all too common sight around here. I chose B&W to get at least one level of abstraction. Thank you for your comment.
Very painfully to look at, but nonetheless a masterly shot with great detail and sharp contrasts!
BTW: Many thanks for your insightful mail, I'll answer in a few days!
22 Jan 2008 10:00pm
@MadScientist: Thank you. Not sure I'm completely satisfied with my current software for B&W conversions, but Ian Bramham tells me that PSE 5 (I have PSE 4) has some good B&W conversion utilities --and it's cheap-- so I'm going to give it a try.
With its eye open you can't help but feel a sense of guilt since were all part of the technology.
23 Jan 2008 3:55am
@JoeB: The vultures had actually eaten the eyes when I took this, though that isn't obvious even in the close up of the head posted the following day.
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