The Eagle and the Flag

I've been seeing a lot of eagles lately.
I'm hoping to have a whole series to show at some point.  But I'm also trying to figure out what to do with some of the shots to make them more interesting.  
Like the picture I got of this cutie:

(detail)

So I simplified the background, and I liked the overall image.  It looked like something one might use to decorate something.

But I could't just leave it so simple, so I started trying other things,

And then it hit me, and I made this MASTERPIECE:

Because the only thing better than an eagle is an eagle wearing a pink captain's hat.  Am I right?  Probably.  Also probably right that you probably would want this on your wall, or t-shirt, or tattooed on your chest.  Probably.

(definitely noticing the difference whatever compression is being used to upload these to blogger-  I'll make sure they look correct when I eventually post them on my eventual for real website...)

All images © 2014 James Alfred Friesen

2 things

One:  Animated time-lapse snow sculpture?  OK!

"The Snow of Man"
https://vine.co/v/MAVwMnDBEpM

Two:  A made-up fictional and also make-believe album cover?   Sure!

Sometimes I wish there was money in making fake album covers, but fake bands tend to have extremely low budgets...

Yes, I took even ANOTHER photo!

Experimenting with color-  Another random shot from the archives, with a slight color tweak...

(click to enlarge)


All images © 2014 James Alfred Friesen