Brunch with Battutah
Young man with a crow
Posted by Michael Skorulski (Cigel, Slovakia) on 3 January 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
Steven from Montreal, Canada
Interesting photo. The outfit and the contrasting colors really work!
3 Jan 2008 8:08am
@Steven: Many thanks, Steven.
@dee: Thanks, Dee. I always appreciate a positive comment.
@eddy: Thank you, Eddy. I really appreciate the remark.
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Beautiful, beautiful portrait, this is wow, I don't have the words...I feel like I've gone back Centuries...
3 Jan 2008 12:02pm
@Lorraine: Thank you so much, Lorraine. In a way, you did go back in time. The young man is part of a demonstration of the old art of crow and hawk handling at a castle here in Slovakia.
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
very interesting subject - I want to see and shot a man doing that thing someday
3 Jan 2008 4:21pm
@yiannis krikis: Thanks for your comment, Yiannis. They have demonstrations of bird handling at castles in Slovakia. This photo was taken at a castle called Oravsky Podzamok.
Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Great capture of the intimacy between the trainer and his animal friend!
3 Jan 2008 4:51pm
@Ken McCoy: You summed it up very nicely. Many thanks.
@Brites: A kind remark. Many thanks.
@Cathie et Michel: A kind comment. Many thanks.
@badala: I appreciate your comment. Many thanks.
Dean Francis from Midwest, United States
Michael - Good shot, unpretentious and the clouds look unreal. Keep up the good photos...
3 Jan 2008 10:33pm
@Dean Francis: Dean, many thanks for the encouraging comment.
Carson from Portland, United States
I love crows and ravens. This is a cool shot.
3 Jan 2008 11:16pm
@Carson: Thanks, Carson. Crows and ravens are very intelligent birds and beautiful.
@MGB: Thank you for your positive remark.
@Amir: Thank you, Amir. I appreciate your remark.
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
I don't think it is a crow, it looks much more like a raven!Crows are much smaller and not intelligent; ravens are big, handsome and intelligent! I never knew they used to be trained same way as hawks!
Gabriela
5 Jan 2008 7:14am
@Japanalia: Thank you, Gabriela. I must check now to see if it is a raven or crow.
Cuentos from Spain
It looks like to me a charming scene; great capture.
Saludos,
Mariana C.
Thanks.
25 Aug 2008 9:46pm
@Cuentos: Many thanks, Mariana.
