![Solitary Raven on a Tree Branch [Letting our emotions guide us in the photography process]](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4253259201_ac7fda0b6e_o.jpg)
Don’t we all love landscapes, images of birds and animals – the more color the better. There are times however when you can create a powerful image without having any of those elements and letting your emotions guide you. Like in the photograph above – it is practically a duotone image. All you see are black of the branches and the raven and white of the sky.
I took this photograph on my way to an early morning class at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business in Bloomington. I just looked up and there it was (I am still debating if it is raven that I saw or a crow) sitting all by itself on a leafless tree set against a clear winter sky. Looking through the viewfinder (I believe it was a Nikon FM2N Camera) I settled on this composition for its simplicity and probably the emotional state I was in at that time.
I will be honest business school was no fun. Don’t get me wrong – the classes and the faculty were wonderful, however at times I felt like I was living my high school years again. Even though you were surrounded by classmates you felt lonely and the pressure to conform was too much. This image was probably a result of that emotional and mental state I was in at that time.
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