* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #896 / Revived #116 on 2025 06 18*

Minimal. Graphic. Delicate. Strong.

Perfect.

Rich

I can feel the effort to find subjects to capture. Nice.

Rich

Colorful, playful "macro" image of a boat model with implied blue water and sky, whose effect is enhanced by the blurring effect of the very shallow DOF.

Clever, as usual.

Rich

You can blur background in LrC

Well, you can now create the whole image from scratch there, without ever going outdoors in the real world. And probably make it more dramatic and eye-catching than the real thing.

But I still advocate using a wide aperture, in the wild, getting low and close to one's subject!

😏

Rich

Playing with some images I took in December in Rocky Mtn Park.

Stitched Pano. I didn't notice the stitch issues in the middle until I posted it.

A Magpie looking for a meal.

If only all property owners could be as considerate in adding framing options......
Carefully lined up to position the horns with the frame edges.
I'd have thought we were in Spain.

It looks like a pleasant place to while away some time.
The structure and shadows give masses of rectangles. The overall effect of many lines at right angles is to keep things stationary and that seems a good mood for a park.

Just Weeds nuthin.
I regard botanical studies for classification purposes as one of the great art forms. As with the shot from Saggitarius last week, these have similarities to that genre.
--The elimination of background that concentrates attention on just the subject, a depth of field choice that keeps all the subject sharp, some splaying out of the forms that enables important features to be clearly seen.
While I know these aren't botanical studies for science, they have the same appeal.

They are hard choices. I could make a case for each version of these shots
Take 1 & 2. At first look, 2 is the choice. After looking further, I prefer 1. The half seen blades of the middle windmill seem awkward. If I was using this shot I'd remove it. In the panorama view it fades into more obscurity. I like the weight on the right balanced by the empty left and I especially like the streak of light extending to the left. I'd eventually choose 1.
To the last shot next because it's easier. Yes, I like it. One of those rare occasions where power lines make a landscape. It's the parallel with the bank on the right that makes the shot. They frame left and right and link foreground and background. There's an agreeable visual surprise in finding it done by those power lines.
3&4. This is the hardest. 4 makes the flower more the subject. 3 splits the subject somewhat more between the lake and the flower. I like them both but eventually, I prefer 3 because of the shape of the lake. Both use the distant towers to repeat the vertical line of the flower.

I like these 2 most, #1 is more pronounced and closer and #2 - if given choice, would use different lens to totally isolate the plant.
However, it all depends on picture taker's intent to utilize the background or not. Both have merit, I reckon.

I like your play with models, very clever. And the water - Brilliant effort.

Now, this is great effort to find and capture weatherd sun on the wall. I like the trailing rust and smiling head and all against interesting background colours. Even the house # has significance...

Good looking specimen. I would consider lopping off the snow to accentuate the bird, but this is a prerogative of the image taker, I believe.

Thanks!

What significance do you find in the house number?

Rich

Well, it's a small thing, but the blue frame around the house # almost matches the blue trim of the roof. I know it's trivia, but nevertheless they play together imho.

Now, this is great effort to find and capture weatherd sun on the wall. I like the trailing rust and smiling head and all against interesting background colours. Even the house # has significance...
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Thanks!

What significance do you find in the house number?

Rich
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Well, it's a small thing, but the blue frame around the house # almost matches the blue trim of the roof. I know it's trivia, but nevertheless they play together imho.
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Oh. OK.

Serendipity.

I thought you found significance in the number itself.

🙄

Rich