Me and Stella
July 26, 2023
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Oh I like that fuzzy reflection. Took me 1 second and half to spot your friend. Great image which forces the viewer to analyze it closely in order to identify various components which contribute to very engaging capture. Well done.
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Love your pp in #1, but the arches and shadows in #2 make it rather extraordinary capture. Top prize in my book!
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Beach Bungalo 1
Carlsbad, CA
Rich
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I like it a lot - very interesting composition and effective use of shapes and empty space. Excellent capture!
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Well, highly unorthodox shot, but I like it. It forces the viewer to interpret the image in totally different ways. Kudos to you!
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I have been considering a long tele lens to perhaps dabble in the world of birds and wildlife with either the new Nikon 180-600mm or one of the m43 options being in the running.The only options I currently have are my Panasonic 100-300mm and my wife's RX10 IV. I feel the RX10 IV has a better lens { even if it takes half an hour to fully extend 😀} . Anyway here is a Heron , a great option for would be bird shooters, it is relatively huge and often stands very still
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I really like it Linda on first glance I thought it was a photo of a framed chalk drawing 😀
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Shards
Yesterday I flew back to Germany from London, and decided to break the journey there. It gave me a couple of hours to walk a short circuit in the London Bridge area, which is where The Shard, London's highest building, is situated, and I was able to photograph it from many different angles.
Pete
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All superb renditions of the main subject. I was always attracted and intrigued by this structure. My vote goes to the last shot which nicely frames this exceptional architectural marvel. Well seen and captured.
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Great effort and very well captured. Love this exceptional mirror image. Just superb!
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The receding layers start right from your feet, with the tufts of grass having the rough shape of mountains in the foreground, continued through the cows and on to the more usual layers of mountains.
The cows add a layer of interest too, lifting this out of the realms of pure landscape with some animal life, and your wife looking at them highlights them further, whilst adding human interest too. Together they also provide references of scale.
The clouds are well exposed and provide their own receding layers.
This all adds up to fine photo.Pete
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This is a great idea with the town and a field of golden flowers appearing from his tuba. It could even be taken as a visual representation of music, perhaps? The buildings' reflections appear very believably around the opening to form their own little planet, and the brass of the tuba contributes the "flowers". I also like your decision to severly crop the musician to ensure the focus of the image is the reflection and not the person.
I had to smile when you were told you were not the first to have the idea, and can empathise with the crestfallen feeling, but a silver medal is not bad either! In truth very few photos are unique nowadays, with so many millions made per second, but if you go through the thought processes yourself and don't just copy the same as someone else's, then it is still very satisfying.Pete
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This waterfall is in the Rock City Gardens, GA. From the top of this cliff you can see 7 states.
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Wow, another stunning image!
There is not much in focus here, and what there is, has the main purpose of bring that element into the foreground and thus adding a sense of depth. If ever there was a photo to prove that sharpness and detail is not necessary to make a compelling photo, then this is it. The transitions are soft and the lighting and colours excellent and the bokeh ball moon is just right. the colour and shading make it a very believable orb. And your title was worth the effort too!Wonderful.
Pete
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Wonderful! I love the cows, especially with them all lying down, and Els visiting with them like a latter day Heidi. The placement of Els to define the edge of the cliff/hill is a compositional plus. The sky is just perfect and they and the background mountains go on forever. There's even a few leading lines formed by the grassy clumps in the foreground.
I might consider getting rid of the disembodied cows' rear ends on the left border some kind of way, crop or clone.
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What a cool image - the town square wrapped around the interior of the big horn. I've photographed a lot of big horns out doors in New Orleans but never thought to find the city inside one. The shiny brass forms a lovely abstract center and eye magnet for the circular composition. Then outside the circle we have the musician in perfect profile. Very creative.
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Another fascinating image. I do love the name, and the way you've tucked your moon under the curving surface of whatever on earth that blue thing is, as if it's been sucked in to be added to a collection somewhere offstage. Placement of your moon in the frame makes it clear to us that it is the subject, but the title helps too.
You've reminded me of one of my crazy images that I may hunt down to share, though with an onion for a moon instead of a bokeh ball.
