Photographed this during summer (nice to remember now while surrounded by snow & howling wind!). Used PS spatter, nik image borders, and some PS adjustments.
theme: wild flowers galore!
Photographed this during summer (nice to remember now while surrounded by snow & howling wind!). Used PS spatter, nik image borders, and some PS adjustments.
Nancy:
I like this one. The second color of flowers adds a lot to the image. Nice painterly effect, without being overdone.
Cheers
Randy
Nancy,
Greetings. I like to combination of colors. With the pink adding a nice accent. I find myself looking for a focal point. I wonder if a crop from the bottom with a more pano aspect would solve that. Thanks for posting,
Cheers,
-Michael-
Thanks, Randy! Michael, interesting question about a focus point. I wonder how that is achieved with an image like this that is intended to display the mass of flowers. I find my eye eventually goes to that darker shadow line near the upper right. That does provide some visual variation, but certainly not a focus point. What do others think?
I find my eye doing a gentle reverse s curve through the frame and ultimately leading to the darker spot near the URC. I wonder if a small crop from the top would be in order to minimize that dark area, as I find it overpowers the delicate flowers a bit?
Last edited by Jackie Schuknecht; 11-18-2014 at 07:13 PM.
Nancy,
To my eye the bottom third of the image has a fairly even distribution of flowers while the upper half has a series of lines formed by higher concentrations of one type of flower or greenery. A slight crop along the bottom to emphasize a more panoramic aspect ratio and a slight "straightening the horizon" (again to my eye) suggests a more familiar landscape image where the lines of concentration take the place of distant rolling hills and the focal point moves to the foreground field of yellow flowers.
(or I could be wrong ;-)...
Cheers,
-Michael-
A very nice tapestry, the colors all compliment each other. Nicely done. We had 5" of snow yesterday and its 26F with a 30mph wind. Last day of golf was 5 days ago, only 153 days until the course open's. SIGH
Good thoughts, Jackie. And Michael, thank you so much for the image crop you envisioned (a picture is worth a thousand words). I'll recrop.
Paul, NO sympathy for you! I see Buffalo is totally under siege with over 5 feet of snow!
Lovely! I like the image, the colors, the processing. Everything. I like both versions. Where did you take this?
Hi, Nancy, sorry I'm so late commenting. I love the tapestry of colors and I like both crops and could also see it cropped from the top. I think spatter was a good choice of filters
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I like the mass of flowers, the colors, and the shadows. Like Jackie, my eyes went in a reverse S-curve, which isn't natural for me. That could be a good thing, but I'm not sure. Like you, I'd rather not crop any of the flowers away. I wondered if Color Efex Darken/Lighten Center would help take care of the focal point issue and decided to lighten but not darken. The lighter area would serve as the focal point, so I centered it on a divine proportions intersection. My tendency is usually to put something like that on the left side of the image, and I thought it made sense to have it on the same side as the shadow, so I flipped the image horizontally. The curving lines from the flowers that are, now, in the lower right guide the viewer back through the lighter area and the contrast of the shadow against them, so it all helps to keep the eyes cycling through the image.
I like what you did with the spatter brush. That's something I've not played with, so I'm glad you showed us what it can do.
Last edited by Dennis Bishop; 11-21-2014 at 11:17 AM.
Dennis, this is good thinking! Thanks!
Anita, I photographed this above 10,000 ft in the Rawah Wilderness, here in the Rockies in northern Colorado. I know a place where the wildflowers are extraordinary. But, it is a hike straight up the side of the mountain for 10 miles! My husband & I did this hike annually for many years, using llamas, and would stay up there a week. Just not sure if we will/can do that anymore.
I am impressed. The hike sounds amazingly difficult. What fun to use llamas as pack animals.Originally Posted by Nancy Bell
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