My poetry professor would be proud of this haiku I wrote…
solitary finch
perched deep in the mulberry
will you stay or go?
By Princess Rosebud
This morning, I looked up into the branches of a winter-nude mulberry and couldn’t resist snapping a photo of this precious little finch.
I had to run to retrieve my phone as I willed her to stay long enough for a photo op. “Please don’t move, please don’t move, please don’t go.”
And she didn’t.
I was rewarded with a mostly monochromatic composition, which is exactly what I’d hoped for. In reality, the little bird has a yellow breast, but the quality of light turned everything almost colorless and dramatic.
Enchanted Seashells | Princess Rosebud 
It’s a stunning photo! I’m glad she stayed long enough for you to take it. The haiku is just perfect. 😊
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Thank you! I was grateful that she stayed still long enough for me. And thank you for mentioning my haiku; my poetry writing is rusty!
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It’s lovely so keep at it. 😊
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I appreciate that, thank you!
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It’s the backlighting. When the available light comes from behind the subject, you get everything from a silhouette to what you got, a slightly faded, almost black & white photo. If you shoot from the shadows into brighter light, the trees around you will form a black frame. You can do some interesting stuff using light and shadow.
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I learned most of that in my photography classes, but never really put it into practice.
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I learned it entirely by accident having never been to a photography class. Well, that’s not entirely true. I had a private teacher who was also, for many years, my boyfriend. He taught me a huge amount. So not formal classes but I was taught.
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I’d still be taking classes but the instructor moved away and the city dropped the whole photog program.
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