* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #791 / Revived #011 on 2023 06 14 *

Not sure what you might have done to get the exploding line effect coming out of the flower but it's very interesting. And the flower itself seems to be a good anchor for the centerpiece. The flower seems to have been photographed on different planes that are allowed to show their forums through transparency of their layers. Not sure at all but I like it anyway!

Love this. Pup is eating his treat with enthusiasm and has adapted his snout to overlap the cup to get the last drop. All the while he's keeping his eye on you in appreciation or perhaps in anticipation of another. Good conversion, B&W is excellent choice as it lets us focus on the subject (pup+cup+ hand) and lose any distractions visible in the car or through the window.

The fun of this one is the logo. I'm operating on the assumption you created it, right down to the shadows, and if so, nicely and creatively done. Also if it is a Lou Holland original you should perhaps offer it to the company at a nice price. If you found it intact and they did the design, you still spotted and captured it well. Nice black and white image with most tonalities on the high end, which makes the logo, with its tonalities covering the full range of possibilities, stand out all the more.

Thx Rich, you have just taught me a lot about bokeh, which I would like to explore, in one simple explanatory reply.

Yep, capture what we can when we can ... Photography has certainly re-opened my eyes to nature and scenery. Yesterday I just stood still for quite a few minutes taking it all in.

Bryan,

Here are a few of the other images - camera moved just slightly in each. Very different appearance of the OOF background.

Rich

Thx for those. They are still nice enough images themselves. Note to self: if there are distant light sources, be sure to move the camera around the subject to see what effects the lens may create.

Thx heaps Paula,
Yes a somewhat older bottlebrush bloom. These birds are a great subject. No one shot can show the depth of colors they have. Depending on their pose, different feather colors will predominate. The angle of incident light also affects what we see. I saw, but didn't capture, one facing away from me with the light shining into his lower back. The feathers were a much lighter green with a lot of sheen. Also the lime green band at the back of their heads can show as almost yellow. I hope they stick around a while longer.

Lots of things come together here to make the image a success. We probably see the patterned arena first and then the boarder. It's a dramatic moment and the angle and the potential to fall, as frozen by the camera, has our attention. The sunlit board and lower half of the rider stand out against the shadow. Next we see the shadow and note that the rider must be hanging in mid air, and we enjoy the "capturing the moment."
The purpose is inclusion in a travel book. The patterned background makes the place significant. The large, curving area, top left, and the avenue of trees, then take us into the location. The photo is more than an action moment, it is concerned with place as well.
If I was the editor, I'd want to use it.

The beach as a mystical place. A place we seek and dream of as escape. Two subjects, significantly positioned at the edges of the frame and looking outwards. They look beyond our field of vision. They are equipped to travel and enjoy a beach but they are searching. The sky and sea are there but they are not clearly defined. The same for the boats. Hopes and possibilities on horizons. A state of mind.
A most evocative image lou.

This is unusual. The centre stamens and pollen are sharply in focus and above the petals. The centre stands out because of this and because of its colour, central position and the lines that radiate from that centre. Everyting else is slightly soft. The black background provides dramatic contrast. There is no equivocation. We are to look at that centre.
This must be the way a bee sees a flower where everything is drawing it to that pollen laden centre.
I don't know whether it was the intent, but what I see is an image with a potent ecological message.

Agreed. As always with the Dam Birds, I see this image as part of the series and it is a very different moment. Sometimes the dam is full of movement, boiling waters and stage spotlighting. Not this time. The lighting is dark and the background forms subdued. The pure white birds stand out. Enough of them look towards the fallen bird and that plus the white, mean we cannot miss the death. the attitude of the birds suggests that they feel the moment.
I don't know what I'm looking at here. Are those darker birds real, a different species or caught in different light? The central darker bird has become ghostlike. It's positioning suggests a spirit leaving the body.
It is one of the wonders of your series that the same location can have so many different sides.

The first you've shown is definitely the best of this bunch. For me there is not a shadow of a doubt.
And I stick with my suggestion to crop that one to square.

I like the observation and thought, the idea and execution that went into this photograph ...... I can't say more than repeat what has already been said by others .... very nice ...

WhyNot

I like the narrative and as a picture on the wall it would warrant the time needed to contemplate the scene but worry that on the Internet that 10 second glance we get will not be enough time without the narrative This is a crude attempt but maybe something that might get more time ..

for the Internet .....

WhyNot

Very effective and good street photography that conveys the idea well .....

WhyNot

Lou, Bryan and Minnie - thank you so much for your impressions. Fun to read the variety! I don't know the answers to any questions posed except Lou's "What have you tried to express here?" Not long after I became enamored with hops growing apparatus and trellis-style orchard apparatus (especially in winter), I found I was also taking photos of telephone poles and wires. I like their geometry, their silhouetted shapes, their organization. Minnie mentioned rhythm. Maybe that is a better word than organization?

The photo I shared this week was shot a month ago. The photo below is from 2017, one of my favorite telephone pole oldies 😀

Thanks again!

Sometimes it's a standout out colour, this time it's the lack of colour when surrounded by colour and of course, the central position, that makes the elegantly attired gent the main feature. He's nearly buried in the whirl and slashes of spray can like lines and colours that are the hallmark of street graffiti. Add some cryptic initials and tags.
This of course isn't graffiti but it is fun. The figure is whimsical and amusing. If you want an elegant animal, it's hard to better a giraffe. The colours glow with the welcome of a stained glass window. I'd feel it as a tribute to the spirit of graffiti.

The photo shows an interesting contrast between the feeling of freedom given by the colour and curves of the skate track and, of course, the skater himself, and the more formal buildings behind. The skater, leaning into the jump, provides a leading line, as does the curved shadow, and this sense of movement continues through the shape of the track as we look further into the image, giving a sense of dynamism.
The separated shadow is cool too, and shows the skater’s trick even better than the actual skater.
The choice of babies as the decoration for the surface of the track is peculiar. Maybe the fact that they are tightly swaddled provides another contrast between the free-moving skater and the immobilised babies. Although I was amused to see that one of the babies, very definitely a boy, on the far bank of the track had managed to free himself partially at least from his restraining garment, and looked very pleased with himself!

Pete