* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #865 / Revived #085 on 2024 11 13 *

Thanks, Mike!

Rich

Well spotted and framed! Such an unusual shot. The two sides of this Y shaped split look so different in architecture and culture. The left looks like any modern city with small attractive trees planted at intervals by the urban planners, and a shopper rushing along. But on the other side of the reflective barrier it looks like a bunch of college students headed to class in old stonework buildings beneath strings of fairy lights that would light up the night. So the barrier (and it's unusual too) divides more than just the street, it appears to divide how life is lived on the two sides. Fascinating shot. .

Nothing but color and form. The candy colored umbrella on a lime green building against a cloudless blue sky screams California to me.

In another forum I once took part in an ongoing thread where we competed to hide a folded up umbrella in a scene and voted on the most original placement of the umbrella. Ours was red, but this made me think of it. We tucked that red umbrella into car windows, trash cans, balconies, under bridges and docks. It was a fun play.

Wonderful capture. I've never caught one hauling sticks. I've seen them but never when I had a camera in hand. Is this a courting stick or a building stick? If it's a courting stick, it isn't very impressive. He's beautiful, and I love his golden eye.

Minniev,

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you!

Rich

Both are quite nice, well taken images that could stand alone or be considered as a themed set. The bee photo has both plant a creature, with great detail and color. And the leaf is just lovely with its unusual color structure, flowing lines, and that tiny piece of spiderweb. Well done.

I like the bee shot too. Stacks of fine detail on the bee. The background flowers should be noted as well. They play a big part in the success of the image. Varying degrees of soft focus but all are recognizable and show the host flowers in different stages of opening. They add information without detracting from the main flower/bee. The soft focus., radiating leaves and stems do like wise and bring everything together.
The Autumn leaf is different. Nice colours and textures but the shape and positioning don't appeal to me in the way the first shot holds me. I like the fine strand of cobweb that minniev pointed out but it is overwhelmed by the rest of the leaf. To me.

Lisbon Street. Version 2.
I straightened the left hand side a little and made further colour adjustment.
The lower orange angle is correct. The orange line follows steps that are sloping down a hill.
I prefer this version.

Fairly dramatic improvement over the first edition, not even because we have more colours and shapes and sizes on the adjoining wall. I even like this truncated hockey stick of a shadow on the ground. All the elements play together now. Well done.

This simplicity of a lovely leaf image always wins.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Attraction here is the variety of lines and colours all set against glorious blue sky. Well seen.

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Yep. I took the reposting as an opportunity to spend more time on the PP and reframe as well as reducing the brightness.

This version looks much better and helps convey what the scene looked like.
And, I like this version.
But, I think you should invest in a better monitor.
Deeper shadows would do this photo much better.
Since you always comment on shadows that should be lightened, it must be something to do with your monitor.
Your photos are always slightly overexposed to my eye.
It can't be your camera or the exposure.

I agree with you Allan.
As for the colors, they are overexposed here, at least the ones that are supposed to make up the photo.

I hope you didn't just take this photo with your iPhone.
There's a lot more potential that can be achieved with a real camera.
Very good photo!