Crispy

K10D
Posted 28/06/2010 - 18:54 Link
Having some fun in the garden.

What is it, do you like it?

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C&C welcome.

Regards
Too far from a shore.
bwlchmawr
Posted 28/06/2010 - 19:01 Link
I like the colours and the focus effect very much but it's a little too abstract for my taste. But I'm sure other will love it, for that very reason!
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Mike-P
Posted 28/06/2010 - 19:03 Link
Stamen from a flower.
K10D
Posted 28/06/2010 - 19:06 Link
Mike-P wrote:
Stamen from a flower.
Correct!

But does it work?

Regards
Too far from a shore.
techno-terminator
Posted 28/06/2010 - 19:11 Link
Colours are great

the stamen is well done .Many folk will drool over it - but I'm not one of them

Sorry - it's just not speaking to me
let the education continue

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Mike-P
Posted 28/06/2010 - 19:31 Link
K10D wrote:
Mike-P wrote:
Stamen from a flower.
Correct!

But does it work?

Regards
Well I have done many such shots while dabbling in macro and have yet to keep one (mainly because I couldn't think of a reason to keep them)
Pentaxophile
Posted 28/06/2010 - 19:39 Link
I find the elliptical stamen a visual dead-end, right in the middle of the shot, dominating without being particularly interesting. It's also darker than the background, which I could have appreciated as an abstract on its own, without the stamen.

Scooching round so that the stamen is seen almost from the front, rather than the side, and at an angle which leads the eye into the shot rather from side to side, would have been more successful IMHO, if a little bit predictable.
Edited by Pentaxophile: 28/06/2010 - 19:46
dougf8
Posted 28/06/2010 - 19:40 Link
Works for me.
OOF colour behind the stamen very nice background.
Lovely rich orange, reds and green.

I want a tiny bit more light on the stamen I can see you're lighting from behind and as you're on such a small scale lighting must be tricky.
That and a tad more green too please.

Three of this style as a triptych mounted on board appearing in a home decor department at your choice of store.
Lurking is shirking.!
K10D
Posted 28/06/2010 - 21:01 Link
Mike-P wrote:
K10D wrote:
Mike-P wrote:
Stamen from a flower.
Correct!

But does it work?

Regards
Well I have done many such shots while dabbling in macro and have yet to keep one (mainly because I couldn't think of a reason to keep them)
Mike, do you actually delete shots?

I have every single shot I've ever taken from every digital camera I've used. Some are bad to very bad, others are users.

Regards
Too far from a shore.
prsjnb
Posted 28/06/2010 - 23:13 Link
Gary,

Stamen entering frame at the same point but showing more of the filament and rotated to form an upward curve. Softer (more diffuse lighting) and a colours a tad less saturated.

IMHO

Jon
womble
Posted 28/06/2010 - 23:38 Link
I like the colours, I like the abstraction, but I find the composition a bit horizontal. Definitely worth more experimentation but perhaps at funkier angles?

K.
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terje-l
Posted 29/06/2010 - 09:49 Link
I like it. The colours are right, and as an abstract it would make a nice poster. I think I would have made a 16:9 horisontal crop, though.

K10D wrote:
I have every single shot I've ever taken from every digital camera I've used.
I started like that, but soon found out that it wouldn't work in the long run. Now I delete a lot of images, first just after uploading from the camera to the computer (the obvious mis-takes :wink then after some consideration others that are not up to (my) standard.

I see no point in filling the harddisk with a lot of images I know will never come to any use.
Best regards
Terry

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robbie_d
Posted 29/06/2010 - 10:08 Link
womble wrote:
I like the colours, I like the abstraction, but I find the composition a bit horizontal. Definitely worth more experimentation but perhaps at funkier angles?

K.
I agree. I think it would work better if it were on the diagonal.
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