* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #845 / Revived #065 on 2024 06 26 *

An extraordinary natural feature and a wonderful subject for a photographer.
This is an interesting post. Generally with a series we look to see a story that requires the sequence to make the point. This group from Fireplace takes us into the head of the photographer. Fireplace gives us the thoughts and settings with each shot as he/she considers different angles and settings to capture the spirit of the location.
Generally, I like moving water shots to either totally freeze the moment so we can study the intricacies or to have some blur to convey the movement. I don't like too much blur which reduces the movement to something that looks static. Here, Fireplace gets it about right to my eye and shares the thinking as the settings are chosen.
I like the the last best. The portrait format, narrow contrasting gap and multitude of repeating lines of waterfall, are all reinforcing each other. We can feel the movement and the constriction.

Andrew, that's brilliant. Using CA correction never entered my head. I'd assumed that control was limited to purplish edgings. Yes, I'm using Topaz quite a lot. You have added a valuable weapon. Many thanks.

I'm fairly sure that I have made similar comments previously. Rich has a collection of shots of roof quirks. He draws the viewer's attention to those little oddities we might otherwise roll past. I feel that the image is strongest when considered as part of a series putting them together as a sort of unifying vision of a heap of disparities.
Same here. A wealth of small details that together make the story. I live that palm. A tiny touch that echoes the flag and gives a clue to location. There are explicit and implicit triangles in the roof structure that form the composition and frame the whimsical tower and flag, Then there are the little details. Bird, poles, chimney, window details. They add character. My standout moment though comes from the dotted lines that break and then continue. Loved your framing with this feature, In a fun way it gives a natural base to the image and triangles of the composition.
Sometime Rich, could you post a collection of these roofline images here?

I doubt we agree with all your opinions there.

No problem but Andrew suggesting the CA tool should normally be quicker and easier still.

If the CA removal doesn't do the job fully then the HueSaturation Adjustment Layer should be able to tidy things up.

Mike,

Thanks so much for the observations and comments. You're a mind reader.

Among other qualities they have in the image, I see the palm, the flag and the bird, against vertical, replicating the peaks of the base triangles. Everything, including the dormer roof over the tower window is a triangle pointing up.

I am attracted to roof lines. They are stately and taciturn. Enduring.

I look at a lot of my roof images and wonder, "Is anyone else going to see anything in this?"

Horizontal lines dominate, so any display of multiples of these things would require a lot of horizontal wall space - which I would love to see!

I have a few more I'd like to work on before I assemble some together for sharing.

Rich

Rather than a straight line of images, I was envisaging something more house shaped, like a square of images, each image the same size with a narrow frame. 9 photos. 3 across and 3 down
Or 16 in a 4x4 grid.
I don't think it could be shown like that here unless you made and framed the images and hung them on the wall and then photographed the wall.

You wouldn't need to photograph them on a wall.

It would be quicker and easier to arrange the photos as you like on a canvas in something like Ps and then save it to a jpeg.

I love this fountain of creativity being fed from many sources.

That's not what Roel said at all so I struck it out for the sake of accuracy.

It could be even better depending on someone's skill in Ps.

That can be done in Ps without too much effort.

Thanks Mike,

Here's a composite image I posted a year ago along the lines of what we're talking about.

Hello Alan,

Thanks for helping.
To me (and I think to most) it was quite clear that Mike aimed to reply to Dan's message.

But I had replied in the meantime and instead of replying to Dan's last message, Mike hit "quote" on my message and then inserted his reply under the bit he wanted to reply to, which made his message appear "inside" my quote. It's a common enough mistake without threaded view. Confusing, yes, but not intentionally creating a misquote.

The good advice is to always hit "reply" or "quote" ONLY on the actual message you want to reply to
(where that text is "quote level 1" and without additional responses below it),
and NOT on somebody else's message that has the bit you want to reply to, embedded.

No harm done.

The collection looks good and emphasises the unusual framing of just the roof as a style and not just a quirky one-off. I think this is definitely a case where the group of photos is more than the sum of their parts.
I think the pastel colours and bright light with low contrast helps bind them together.
I think seeing them in a single row is quite appropriate, and that I would prefer them this way than in a vertical stack or a multi-rowed block.
Your photo this week would go especially well with the second in this series, with their cut-off trees, which enhance the image in both cases.

Nicely done, Andrew, that is a good idea and really enhances the image.

Mike, an emu is generally recognised by its long neck, body shape and legs, so your chosen angle is excellent, because all these characteristics are hidden or disguised, causing the viewer to stay longer whilst trying to identify the bird. Not only that, but the head seems to sit directly on the shoulders!
Spending extra time on the subject is worth it too, with plenty of detail, texture and subtle colours to enjoy.

Thanks for the comments.
Actually this was taken during a religious festival and the strips of foil were decorations. They weren’t just in the shed either, and the locos were decorated with foil, garlands and leaves too.