* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #820 / Revived #040 on 2024 01 03 *

All of these are very nice but the last one has special appeal for me with those carefully detailed needles displayed against the blurred elements.

Don't fret, it's just The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

I just wish I "had the eye" to identify opportunities like this

Tim

European Hedgehog

This little chap/chapess turned up in the garden in October - looking for slugs and any waste wild bird food he could find. He looked a little underweight to survive the coming winter and so hedgehog food was procured and served. At first he was hungry enough to ignore my presence and I got this picture - thinking there would be plenty of opportunities to get more/better. However, after a week of good suppers he became much more circumspect and would not approach the food if I was anywhere around. Lesson learned - always take the opportunity when it arises...

The good news is that he's still taking food - but only if i make myself scarce - so, hopefully will make it through to the winter.

Tim

Thanks Minnie,

Shape, color, texture, lettering with no clear context or theme, all caught in a small rectangular form

Exactly!

When I saw the scene all those elements caught my eye and I thought I could really make something with the image. I worked with it in the viewfinder, squaring myself to the wall, moving in and out, never really "getting" anything, but the disparate elements, especially the colors which vibrated against each other.

Then in editing, I removed the last bits of perspective distortion, squared and cropped further, not really getting a cohesive image, but liking it anyway for whatever it is.

I like the repetition of "spikes" of the stars in the lower right and Liberty's "tiara" in the upper left.

Rich

"The Little Boy Nobody Loved"

One can spend some time trying to visualize what the imaginary subject that is.

This image has a great and colorful impact.

This image has certainly great and interesting visual elements. The colours and framing make it.

Great assortment of colours and shapes create visual interest, undoubtedly.

Thanks Chris.

Rich

The leading lines and contrasting shadows and subject pull you in.

I feel like I need a bigger screen to appreciate this image. Even zoomed in on my 32 inch screen I miss a lot of the detail. I love you can see the hills in blue at the edges of the image and the cyclists. It gives a nice sense of size to the image.

I'm curious why you have the focal plane end where the color shell of the pencil starts vs a little further or a little less.
I like it creates a portion of a color spectrum, the red and yellow blurring into an orange. It is like choosing a color palette, from undefined idea in the background to defined idea in the fore.

Edit: I caught up to what you said to other people's comments. Thanks, love what you did here. I didn't realize many macro images were focus stacked.

I'm almost done with my work training, just another week left. I hope to be able to participate more when it is complete.
I've been considering re-editing these images. I think they could be brighter. Not sure what else I should do to them.

Oh, it is Mrs. Twiggy-winkle! All she needs is her apron! She is adorable. She might be a little cuter with a tiny bit of brightening (I know it was probably dark when you too this, but artistic license lets you tinker), and perhaps some doctoring on her slightly scary reflective eye. I know Lightroom does a good job on people and dog eyes. Not sure about hedgehog eyes??? Might try and see. Way cute regardless. I'd be thrilled to get a picture like this of such a creature!

Agree. I do that with Cube's photos regularly. I don't know whether this is a painting, a stained glass window, a quilt or what. And the titles add to the mystery.