The Conflict...

A great movement of wings! As a shadow white pigeon in this fabulous light!

Fantastic action. Great light. Excellent composition.

Nice capture

really beautiful picture!! well done:)

great timing great job

très joli !

Very sharp image and I like the timing on this! The poem is also very thought provoking! Thanks!

Agree with Mathilde, I love the white shadow ! Wonderful !

nice timing pavan

wonderful capture

This photo to me the friendship with you will lead
very gooooooood

A superb flight capture !

A meeting where he must make good coo! Good day.

wonderful apture! just the perfect timing!

Very well captured, I like the details of the feathers !

Perfectly poised. The B/W treatment suits it well

Belle agitation toutes ailes déployées ! Le petit carré de lumière sur le pigeon blanc est bien venu !
Bonne journée lumineuse!

J'aime beaucoup le mouvement des ailes de ce pigeon.Magnifique !

The crop works superbly here, Pavan. A nicely captured action shot and perfect in mono.

I was really tempted recently by a 150-500mm lens, but it was expensive and I asked myself how many times I would use it against the pain of lugging it about, or packing in my hand luggage to travel back to Canada. My penchant for landscapes won out, so I hope some eagles don't visit me and make me regret that decision... ha ha

A reading of a splendid chance Pavan image! Here's how a target image includes the artist's and photographer transforms it into something different! A perfect title along with the image ... one says to the other!

Wow! beautiful! great "action" and very nice,the white dove in the background!

Bravo pour cette prise de vue pleine de vie !

Such a cool shot of them all and full of action

Sweet shot Pavan. The grain blends with the mono and is not visible. Even at 40% crop and higher ISO, it wins :)

It is rewarding, when you manage take a photo like this, those wings open and very clear. Aperfect shot!
Thank you for your words on my site!

More difficult for you to find the right time for the photo that ....a landing for the pigeon.

First of all B&W is perfect for this photo and I'm sure you know it ! and also their pose spacially the white one is perfect . It seems they wait there with the wings open !! very nice .
Thanks for your comment .

Lunch time!! A wonderful capture of these hungy little birds.

and such a wonderful conflict it is :)

Un beau déploiement d'ailes, très belle photo!

Wonderful capture . Great monochrome .

HIGHLANDER 10 ! The Last COMBAT .....

Hello , I like the composition and the processing ,birds too , fight for eating...Phil.

very nice photo with lovely details !!
Great B&W

It's beautiful !
the movement in the wings and the black and white tones are perfect ..

That bird with the outstretched wings in the centre is just brilliant. Great shot.

Superb capture and the birds are very beautiful. Have a lovely day Earnest.

Fantastic capture!!!!

really well taken, just at the right moment

Well captured, good timing. A little bit grainy on the background but there is still lot of details on birds.

Very beautiful shot Pavan, wonderfully cinematic! Perfect in b&w and somehow the grain is adding to the mood!:-)

terrific shot! looks like you captured it at just the right moment :)

Beautiful and graceful wings! Nice!

graceful moment indeed!

Wonderful timing ! The white image of the pigeon in the background creates a nice effect. Excellent processing. Is that a superimposed image ?

The detail in this black and white is spectacular. Birds in many poses.

very nice pavan. as one who has tried to photograph birds, it's not as easy as it looks. of course, i use a little pocket camera, but still. you got some good detail, and the birds tell a little story about bird life.

Excellent moment you captured, the pigeons spread wings are wonderful.

Lovely capture with a great timing Pavan!

Great b/w capture

Very beautiful photo, nice

This is beautiful!!! I like the comp and motion. Very well captured.

Superbe image : la capture de l'instant.

Stunning shot, Pavan... the grain works very well here, not disturbing... You captured this scene excellent, love the movement of the wings and the only white pigeon in the back... great framing, too.. Greetings!

FANTASTIC!! Love everything about this!!

Cou cou !
Quelle oportunité, et bien titré :)
À plus et bon week-end
Elisa, Argentine

Wonderful landing shot! Nicely captured, Pavan!

fantastic "action-shot" in b&w. Great

I love the pigeon caught in action and the white one is such a contrast. Nice capture!

I don't care if the original take was not a perfection... this crop is perfect in its own way... even the grains, whatever there are, add to the tension!

Perfect timing and a stunning capture. Love the action.

Nice capture !

Love how you captured the wing spread, excellent shot. Amazing how we never seem to have a long enough focal length. Just bought a 1.4x teleconverter a few months ago and of course there are trade-offs with that too. Like the crop, bird shots are very difficult and you did a great job on this one.

what a great display of the composition, Pavan. yes, it is so much about conflicts....Well done!!

I did read it actually. I always read people's descriptions because then I have a better idea of what is going on or what they were doing. I never leave comments just to tag someone. Sometimes though I am careful about my words because I do not want to upset someone of another culture or another language that can not understand me well. Kindness can often get lost in text. :) You take lovely photos..

j'aime beaucoup ce genre de cliché,
bonne journée

Nice shot of those I call the FLYING RATS !!!

We miss nice birds and tweeting in Paris ...as I was saying on my blog today. take care

Nice shot !!!