Crows Kingdom BW, a photo by Fergiemoto on Flickr. (Click on image to enlarge).
Linking up with Nature Notes, Creative Exchange, World Bird Wednesday and Texture Tuesday.
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One’s desertion is
another creature’s kingdom.
Renewed habitat.
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I took this photo this past weekend on the way back from a short road trip. The nest in the large tree to the left belongs to the two crows you see flying. (The same photo is in both color and BW.)
I’m posting this image for the “K” Challenge by Frizztext (“K” is for Kingdom)
Creativity Aroused 
I like both. Can’t decide which is better. The black and white looks haunting. Especially with the crows flying overhead.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Oh, I like these ever so much, but I will admit I prefer the first colour image the most.
This is quite a striking photo, It has a mysterious or haunting mood, especially in Black and White.
Wonderful shots – especially the one in colour. You reveal the beauty of decay and abandonment.
Hi,
I love how you posted the colour photo and then the black and white. This particular photo I think looks good in black and white. It looks like a photo you would use on a book cover with a supernatural theme, a brilliant photo.
Its the colour one for me, very atmospheric, I can hear the air!
fantastic, a kingdom indeed!
Amazing capture!
I love it. The second one seems like it should be a scene in a Hitchcock film. Great feel in it!
I hate questions like this….both images please me. As to which I prefer – well I guess it would depend upon where it was to be used. The colour image for the wall most likely whilst the B&W for a coffee table book!
Very Nice – Think I prefer the color version. Great idea for the Challenge 🙂
I love blach and white but in this case I like the color one more ;-). But both are awesome.
I like the coloured one too. Did you had a look in the house? Looks creepy, doesn’t it? Maybe a perfect place for another great photo by you.
bitter and beautiful at the same time…
I like them both, but the color one reminds me of the movie ‘Tideland.’
How nice that contrast is. I like such houses. Thank you for sharing.
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You have so well captured the desolate atmosphere of this landscape. I like both versions.
Oh my – these are amazing, a word I often use to describe your photos. Beautiful and spooky!
Wonderful haiku to accompany the photo. Also like the title “Crows Kingdom” Fergiemoto.
I simply love these old weathered buildings. Great post!
This abandoned barn is truly a palace from which to rule their kingdom for these two crows! I saw much of this growing up on the country in Mississippi! Excellent choice for this “K” challenge! Entire volumes are expressed here. Thank you!
The sense of the destructrion is awful in the BW photo.
I like that.
I would like to pass on The Sunshine Award to you in appreciation of your photography and Haiku. http://pointsthruprose.com/2012/03/13/awards-acknowledgements-and-blog-recommendations/
Jackie
Great photo. Interesting shapes and textures.
I really like the feeling of abandonment in both the colour and the B+W. Undoubtly the crows are central to the feeling also.Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Very mysterious photo. I think I prefer the first one, but both are quite nice.
This is such a tough decision, but I think I like the first one better.
This is a beautiful old structure, and you have photographed it wonderfully.
Thank you so very much for being a part of The Creative Exchange!
lisa.
I like the warmth in the first photo, though both are good. Thank you for coming over and reading. I’m glad I could share that poem with you.
This is my favourite post of yours. There’s beauty in everything and you’ve elegantly shown this here.
I love the first one especially…something about the colors set an eerie mood for me. Beautiful work.
Excellent photo.
I like more the black and white version.
Regards and best wishes
These are both so wonderful to view…wonderful!
I like the thin colored version …
just wonderful
Great shot!
There is something different I like about each of these photos, but I think the one in color is actually my favorite! Great shots and wonderful mood created… : )
Haunting and bitter sweet. I stand transfixed… Thank you for this experience.
Cheers
Shakti
Colour for me… so lovely to see…
Stunning photography. Love your processing. genie
How neat to find a crows nest..I like both photos, they each have unique feeling about them and it’s so true…what is cast off is used by something else…Thank you for adding this creative post to this week’s Nature Notes…Michelle
What this reminds me of was when a friend, who was heading the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at the time, during an illness that later took his life, told me that he had a lot of hope for the earth. He said that he had been out exploring the countryside around Spring Green, Wisconsin where Taliesin East is located, and he came upon an old farmhouse that was collapsing back to the earth. He told me that man is only temporary, that time and the earth comes along and reclaims what man in hubris thought was his and heals the scars of man’s accomplishments. He told that in that thought was his hope. Wonderful photos; wonderful haiku.
If the crow kingdom is upon us. You are its prophet!
Hi Fergiemoto,
I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. I know you’ve probably been awarded before but you’re really truly versatile and who says you can’t win again? Congratulations and thanks for a great blog.
Both are wonderful, but I like the color one better. There is such a sense of desolation.
wow.
Bit scary scenery, but I love it! Especially the second one!
I’ve nominated you for a Kreativ Blogger Award. Just come on over and “pick it up” 🙂
Color! Liking the one in color. The browns and the light Tiffany blue are made for each other. In the B&W, the barn and trees are a bit too similar in tone.
I love old barns. 😉
Love both – subtle colouring in the first but love the soft cushioning of the grasses in the second.
I love the thoughts here. And prefer the black and white–the illusion of desolation in the midst of rebirth.
I love the top image best, really haunting and atmospheric 🙂
I love these images, both in colour and b&w.
An old barn! It is perfect. Love the top shot 🙂 The B&W is interesting too.
Love the b&w shot…almost ghostly!
Both color and B&W, they are great photographs.
I really love the composition.
And the balance, even including the position of two black bird in the sky.
All are perfect!