Sun set on the Clyde

[stamper]

A sunset over the north end of the Isle of Bute in the Clyde estuary, Scotland. The town of Rothesay - which can't be seen - lies beneath the sunset. Taken from the steamship PS Waverley the last sea going paddle steamer in the world. The last cruise of the season.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Very pretty! The tiny bird definitely adds to it.

Jeremy

[RSL]

Very nice, Stamper. But is that a bird or dust on your sensor?

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

... But is that a bird or dust on your sensor?

Yeah, that is the problem with small birds in the sky... even if they are real, they are easily mistaken for dust. I often clone them out for that reason.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Nice shot, with or without the bird. I'd probably clone it out too, except on a really huge print.

Eric

[stamper]

I tried to clone it out because it looks like dust but the direction of the sun's rays made it difficult. Thanks for the feedback.

[wolfnowl]

I'm with Jeremy; I like the bird!

Mike.

[RSL]

I like the bird too, but only in a print that's large enough to make it clear that's a bird, not a dust spot. There's something  almost transcendental in that bird at the apex of a sunburst. The picture would lose a lot without the wing of bird.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

The picture would lose a lot without the wing of bird.

I take it, Russ, that this means that "the wing of bird" can sometimes substitute for "the hand of man." Esecially useful when you can't find a man's hand flying across a sunset. 

Eric