I’m entering another i heart faces photography contest! This time the theme is hands… Here is a photo I took a few years ago. I really didn’t know hardly anything about photography, and yet it still remains one of my favorite photos. You can read the story below.
I had received my own camera for my 16th birthday, and we were out one weekend just doing yardwork, burning brush, etc. and I had my camera on me, as usual. I was out in the yard, and my mom was up on the deck off the back of the house, when she started calling me to come up and bring my camera. This little bird, which we later identified as a Ruby Crowned Kinglet, must have flown into the window and was laying on the deck, stunned. I took a few shots and then mom put on her gloves and picked it up. It didn’t seem nervous or anything, but just sat there, and I got this wonderful photo. After that it fluttered off and landed on my sister’s shirt and camped out there for a while. 
Apparently it wasn’t too badly injured because later it left. I love looking at this picture because of that memory and just because I like the photo – I like how the lighting came out, and the gray tones. When I decided to enter this one in the contest I tried editing it with Photoshop, and it looked nice… but I decided to go with the original photo after all.
5 Responses to IHF Photo Contest
Cathy
Replied on: February 24, 2010, 1:21 am
love this shot, especially the tones & composition!
Melissa
Replied on: February 24, 2010, 2:05 am
This is lovely!
Lena
Replied on: February 24, 2010, 3:11 pm
Beautiful. I can see why this is your favorite.
Miss RJ
Replied on: March 9, 2010, 7:07 pm
I love that photo! Great job!
Miss Kathryn
Replied on: March 9, 2010, 8:18 pm
Thanks for the comments, everyone!