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Photo Of The Day July 2020
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Thankfully it wasn't a worm and wasn't wiggling! LOL! Looks like a piece of green pepper, but I'm sure it was grass or a piece of a leaf from one of the plants out in front of the building.
Looks a lot like a green caterpillar to me.
These scenes are reminding me of some Star Trek sets. Very alien looking.
EWWWWWWW!!! Well, if so, it was d e a d because it wasn’t moving!
A ruin on the peninsula that I reside upon.
iPhone 11 Pro Max, Native camera app, No edits (apart from a crop)
iPhone 11 Pro Max, Native camera app, No edits (apart from a crop)
Maybe a little paint and it would be a good rental.
Butterfly casually hanging around on the flowers. There were three of them. Luckily they stayed in one place so I could get some shots.
did we?! Can’t remember!Love this, Chris! This one is a survivor, you can see where a bird had a nip at its wing on the bottom left wing section! ?
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& welcome to my world! ?Oopsdid we?! Can’t remember!
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I reckon a little Builders Bog first though, just to fill the cracks...
It's perfectly placed for some Milkyway shots as the centre is rising directly behind it until the end of this month! Will have to make a trip there when the moon is playing friendly. Gonna check it for rising times now...
To Photoshop or not? One an inviting landscape, the other brings life to it. (I know only one picture per day, but these are almost identical, and that's the point.)
I am pretty much in the "always photoshop" camp. ?
The slight difference between the two makes each photo tell a very different story. So the real answer is what story are you telling?
On the way from Plains to Americus, GA, Apr 2019
I second the investigating the storytelling aspect of the image further too, for me there's too many things going on currently in both for there to be a clear story being told. Please, don't take any offence at that, none is intended. I am a great believer in simplicity when ever one is trying to tell a story with a photograph, unless complexity is part of the narrative!
The addition of things (including people) may not necessarily make an image better, sometimes it just adds another thing in the image.
I'm really interested to hear your intention with the image and the addition of the person there.
I am no expert, just a keen amateur who enjoys a good dialogue about photographic structure.
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This one was a toss-up, while the one (single photo) I will post tomorrow was definitely take them out - in fact had a good time drowning them with the cloned water.
How dare they mess up my photo!With this one, while true is busy and perhaps could tighten removing the steps, I do like the way the stream bends, suggesting more. The intention was tranquil landscape that is soothing, relaxing, and wanting to be there with a nice good book enjoying the solitude. With her in it - AND HER BACK TO ME - it drives home enjoying the solitude of the open space. Alternately, it also says - Taken, you snooze, you lose. If she was facing me, then would have been out of there ASAP.
I loved hearing this from you! The way that we as individuals are moved by a place we experience is a gift, in my eyes. That is a truly unique and individual experience too.This one was a toss-up, while the one (single photo) I will post tomorrow was definitely take them out - in fact had a good time drowning them with the cloned water.
With this one, while true is busy and perhaps could tighten removing the steps, I do like the way the stream bends, suggesting more. The intention was tranquil landscape that is soothing, relaxing, and wanting to be there with a nice good book enjoying the solitude. With her in it - AND HER BACK TO ME - it drives home enjoying the solitude of the open space. Alternately, it also says - Taken, you snooze, you lose. If she was facing me, then would have been out of there ASAP.
My thought was to remove the foreground, the bend you were enjoying! Then you have the stairs leading to the character present, leading us on to wonder whether they will venture in to the water and then which way will they go? We follow across the frame from left to right in a pleasant manner.
For an image without a character present, maybe the removal of the stairs could help tell the story of the place, the coolness of it, the lushness of it.
Maybe?
I look forward to the next instalment!
This one was a toss-up, while the one (single photo) I will post tomorrow was definitely take them out - in fact had a good time drowning them with the cloned water.
With this one, while true is busy and perhaps could tighten removing the steps, I do like the way the stream bends, suggesting more. The intention was tranquil landscape that is soothing, relaxing, and wanting to be there with a nice good book enjoying the solitude. With her in it - AND HER BACK TO ME - it drives home enjoying the solitude of the open space. Alternately, it also says - Taken, you snooze, you lose. If she was facing me, then would have been out of there ASAP.
If the story was about the reader, then you might also consider changing the color of her outfit. to me the blue is a bit glaring in the serene setting, I would prefer something more muted for a story about reading along a stream.
Truthfully this is part of the reason why I stopped photographing my own kids; when they got old enough to have a strong preference for clothing, I never liked whatever they chose for photographs (too bright, too much logo, etc.). I don't often change colors of clothing in a photo, but if you have no affiliation with the subject and just liked her posing, then you can easily just alter her outfit also.
