Wednesday C&C * Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #914 / Revived #134 on 2025 10 22*

I wonder what the view from the other (sunlit) side might have been.
Maybe gorgeously lit autumn colours?

As is, the silo looks a bit like a monolith (2001 Space Odyssey, anyone), becasue it lacks some definition in the dark areas to properly appreciate that it is overgrown.

The shadow in the frame can be considered a bonus, but there is probably not enough of it to make it a real deliberate feature.
(You stand fairly close, IN the shadow itself: when I include shadows resulting from backlit objects of people, I usually try to get the whole shadow.)

What makes this image special is the double natural framing: looking through (but not above) a window in a ruined wall towards another window that we again look through (but also above).

It's a photo essay that makes me want to come over and hike in that region, especially in autumn it seems, when the multicoloured leaves bring an extra bonus to the landscape (although the mountains, boulders and that rushing stream are already enough in their own right to justify the trip and hike).

Love them all, without very specific standouts. Each image helps to tell the whole story of this place.
But if I was forced to pick a favourite or two, it would be numbers 2 and 3, because they are best at capturing and combining the features of the area in a pleasing single composition.

Crazy Horse Concert

I don’t have access to my photos at the moment, so here is one from my phone this week.

What an interesting way to show off a beautifully detailed moon! The complementary blue and orange color scheme always works, and here it provides an almost fabric-like backdrop for the main actor, the moon. I would not have guessed the orange was part of a piece of architecture but it doesn't matter. It' the color and the contrast or focus that does the magic.

Interesting contrasting shots of two forms of air transit. The first captures the speed and power of the jet while the second captures the hummingbird-like hovering-in-place of the helicopter. Well captured, both of them.

Quite beautiful, especially with the lovely blur right behind the Main Event. The analogous color scheme is very nice with the slightly cooler shades in front and the warmer ones in the back. A beautiful photo that should print well.

Well that's a fine one. The sky is as wonderful as the silo, if not more so. Great discovery. Interesting illusion of the silo being tethered to some kind of giant stakes as if it might try to run away!

I believe I'd have to experiment with raising the shadows and seeing if I could get some more color into the leaves there by some kind of editing.

Nice photo collection of some pretty breath-taking scenery. I am always astounded with mountain scenery, living here in the flat lands of Mississippi. I like how you varied the photos with the traditional framing of mountains and the roaring waters, interspersed with closeups of the rocks that show color and detail. Well done!

Well caught moment with a most unusual street performer. (The only horse-headed street performer I've ever met was outside Edinburgh castle). The child who's about to drop a tip in the bucket is equally interesting. The shot is neatly arrayed in those geometric squares and circles with strong lines to lead us from lower left to upper right corner.

The boy seems fascinated by the fact that horses really can play the drums ;-)

The moon is really big and detailed here. You've framed it in an interesting an unusual way with those playful shapes and colours in the foreground.
Well done.

Good framing.
Pretty sunlit brickwork in what's left of the company's store door.
Can't help hearing,...
"You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store"
;-)

The complementary colours and the soft focus of the foreground create a peaceful setting for the moon, which is quite appropriate. The framing works well too. The sharpness of the moon and its position in the frame makes it quite clear what the subject is. The blurred foreground has two different components, the smooth-textured wall, which brackets and balances the moon, and the more intricate vegetation, which leads towards the moon and even has a curved shape on the top edge appearing about to cup it.
Another little detail is the black triangle on the edge of the wall. It is like an eye looking mystically into the scene and towards the moon.

That's a really great find and an effective shot. I like the use of perspective and strong shadows. I agree with minniev that there are also great options to experiment with raising shadows and use more of the complementary colors as the main event. But I quite liek this version which is more contrast-driven. Great work!

These two photos work very differently, even though they are almost the same scene.
The plane is captured at the dramatic climax of the moment it starts to fly. Its power is shown quite literally by the rainwater on the runway being blasted away as clouds, however there are more subtle, metaphoric clues as well. The plane is angled upwards and the fact that it is breaking through a layer in the background, moving its red nose in front of the water, where it stands out, indicates motion. In fact the red of the nose itself symbolises power and danger.
The helicopter on the other hand seems static, regardless of whether it was really hovering or moving. It is not placed in front of the clear water but in front of the distant hillside, however they do not distract from the helicopter. The red and white hut balances the helicopter visually and that balance also helps suggest a static scene,
For what it’s worth, I like the photo of the plane best.

If a photo of flowers are not creative in itself, then creativity is needed to make it different and stand out, and you have managed to do that. Instead of ensuring the bloom is in front of a background, which is a completely different colour, you have chosen a background very similar in colour, and rely totally on the relative sharpness to separate the flower from the background. It works very well.

Yes, I thought of the monoliths in 2001 too. They were strong and mysterious in the film and it is here too.
I don’t mind it being dark and looking at the large version reveals a decent amount of leaf detail.
I get what Roel is saying about stepping back and taking the whole shadow, and I am sure that would be an interesting version, but I find this version with the silo larger in the frame interesting too. In any case the sky is a winner.

This is a fine series of excellent landscape photos, which narrate the story of the descent into the valley.
My favourite is this one, showing those red rocks in the river.

The complementary colours, the texture of the bricks and stonework, the geometrical patterns all combine to make this photo work. However, they only form part of the photo, the building dominating the space in the frame. But, although appreciated, it is not what I study when I look at the photo. I am transfixed by the windows and doorways and the enticing glimpses of land, sea and (gorgeous!) sky they reveal.