...But it was worthwile! (the pain in the neck, and the time.) Your composition is splendid as usual.

efiw

Painful, but the picture was worth it :-D. The bird gives a poetic dimension to a picture which would have simply been an architectural one if any.

Great shot and awesome post-treatment work ! (it may turn well in black & white, have you tried ?)

Nice shot !!

art requires sacrifice so you shouldn't complain ;) .. and it was worth it!

Know what you mean about looking up through a viewfinder! But its worth it, this works well for me. I like that the bird is slightly blurred, a faster shutter speed would have had it falling to the ground!

While I love my Rebel XT, it's times like these that I still miss the flip-out LCD screen of my old G2. :/

this is one great dramatic photograph!

Excellent. Did you lay down on the ground or just put your camera there. Perspective is really great. And the bird adds some extra spice to the shot.

Very beautiful perspective.

It is worth the wait. Great atmosphere thanks to the interesting colour processing (and the bird).

I can certainly identify with wait for something to come through the viewfinder. Very nice image - I really like the geometry of the two buildings and the geometry of the light work together in the composition.

i like the random paint splashes on the walls
the prespective is also very interesting
it's almost like sam's signature prespective
haha great shot

Excellent pic. I know the feeling -- waiting, waiting, waiting, for a bird to turn its head, or to fly by, or to behave in just the right way to make the picture work. This snap turned out great.

i like it. the metal bars sticking out from the top of the building on the right mimicks the bird's wings. i love the texture of the buildings. good job, the neck pain was worth it!

Ooh i love the old bricky texture of the buildings. And the bird is a nice touch too. Very cinematic stuff that reminds me of something i can't really place my finger on... The Matrix maybe?

Fantastic perspective! This is such a great capture. The tone is wonderful.

Ah yes, and remember a bird in the hand will do you dirt.(G)
You are a braver man than I, holding you focus while a bird flys overhead.(G)
On another note, I really do enjoy seeing your work each and every day, thank you, much appreciated.

Gord

That bird looks locked, loaded and ready to poop. I hope you had lens cleaner at the ready.

I like this "up is forward" look, the perspective is very dizzying.

triiippy picture

You are a brave man. I looks like a bird tortured by IBS has hit everything below many times before you happened by with a camera. Birds and bicycles are a frequent trademark in your images but this is an unenviable worm's eye view of an overhead bird. :^)

ha, it looks as if the bird just flew out of the gates of heaven(on the right building). what is that thing. i guess it was a bad bird.

Very nice shot. Your only alternative to the neck pain would be a tripod (and maybe a remote release). This way you'd just have to wait around for the bird and trip the shutter.

The sky is just beautiful.

now this is the ddoi i'm used to :)

I've always wondered what that connecting thing is behind the Reverb. It's always occupied by pigeons it seems.

Love the composition and the colors.

Queen & Bathurst is a rather shoddy corner. I wonder if what was described as paint splash is not actually bird dung? At least partly.

Having a tripod handy for the shots like this thar require waiting is nice if convenient to carry. I expect that crunching your neck doing this - and I know the feeling having done a bit of similar - is likely a health hazzard; just as holding a phone on your shoulder with your ear on it is. The phone trick has been found, in the last few years, to be a cause of people having strokes. Young people too. Cricking your neck severly is a bad move.

In my opinion, the result was worth your pain. Easy for me to say, admittedly.

Yay for old windows!

Look at those textures!! Aces, Sam, really amazing.

Well worth the neck pain, I'd say. Great shot!

beautiful!

Fantastic shot a lawn chair might make your life easier next time

What a great shot!!!!

This photo reminds me of a very famous Daguerreotype, taken by Joseph Niepce, in 1826. It was out of the window of a farmhouse in france. It is widely proclaimed as the first photograph. Mind you, i like yours better! :)

A truly great capture Sam! Well done.

oh i luv it!

WOW. Reminds me of "the Crow." Love it!

Good one...

reminds me of Six Feet Under.

toughing

Haha, I know, great effort though. loved this shot.

good color post production and great framing...tough memento.

Wow, very cool.

Well, it was definitely worth the wait and the pain. This is an excellent shot.

What can I say that everyone else didn´t?
This is one of those photos you almost feel you´re there, but at the same time is very dream-like.
You´re the maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!!

I didn't read this one earlier but had to come back. I'm very glad you waited for it. This is perfect timing. I love waiting on wildlife to do something for the camera so I know how you feel. I recently took about 50 mesquite bites waiting on a heron to catch one fish. But for me it was well worth the wait. But now I have a can of OFF! Again, I'm glad you waited on this bird. The wing span is beautiful.

Yes, and the tunnel-like viewfinder in this camera doesn't help, but the shot is great. Kinking your neck was well worth it; you pulled off a great composition.

The black building next to the rusty one, with all of the details in them both (like the paint splatters, gutters, antennas, etc, not to mention that deep sky) make this a fantastic shot! So pleasing!

The random paint on the building is the dropping of the birds. Looks like there are lots of birds living on top of the building, trying to cover it in white color!!
Dastet dard nakoneh, always surprising.