Creative Photography

[Way-Out-West]

Fringe and flowers. The last one started closing up for the day.

 

[Way-Out-West]

A good morning for playing with flowers n stuff.

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Yellow macro looks good.

 

[Pblakeney]

Fringe and flowers. The last one started closing up for the day.
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Excellent work!

 

[briantrumpet]

Yellow macro looks good.

That was my fave.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Excellent work!

Thanks PB.
Re woodland photography, I think achieving a satisfactory shot largely hinges on finding the fundamentals: a woodland with some characterful trees, careful composition and crucially, favourable weather conditions.
Recently, I tried photographing some attractive beech trees coming into leaf and ended up deleting the lot upon reviewing them on my monitor. The photographs appeared cluttered, lacked any separation, and the new leaves blended into the background. Useless!

 

[briantrumpet]

Thanks PB.
Re woodland photography, I think achieving a satisfactory shot largely hinges on finding the fundamentals: a woodland with some characterful trees, careful composition and crucially, favourable weather conditions.
Recently, I tried photographing some attractive beech trees coming into leaf and ended up deleting the lot upon reviewing them on my monitor. The photographs appeared cluttered, lacked any separation, and the new leaves blended into the background. Useless!

Isn't it interesting how our brains declutter and interpret in a totally different way 'in the flesh' in comparison with on the screen? Some scenes just don't seem to be want to be captured for later viewing.

 

[Pblakeney]

Thanks PB.
Re woodland photography, I think achieving a satisfactory shot largely hinges on finding the fundamentals: a woodland with some characterful trees, careful composition and crucially, favourable weather conditions.
Recently, I tried photographing some attractive beech trees coming into leaf and ended up deleting the lot upon reviewing them on my monitor. The photographs appeared cluttered, lacked any separation, and the new leaves blended into the background. Useless!

My experience exactly! As Brian says, the human brain seems to filter out stuff that the camera sees.

 

[Way-Out-West]

Isn't it interesting how our brains declutter and interpret in a totally different way 'in the flesh' in comparison with on the screen? Some scenes just don't seem to be want to be captured for later viewing.

Definitely and I’ve thought the same. Eyes must catch all the detail like a lens, but stereoscopic vision must help with depth and the brain does a good job of making sense out of it all.
Something else I’ve noticed when using a viewfinder is the/my brain seems to enlarge any point of interest (say a bird) so it looks quite large in frame. On reviewing the shot it’s often tiny. Probably a duff brain.

 

[briantrumpet]

Definitely and I’ve thought the same. Eyes must catch all the detail like a lens, but stereoscopic vision must help with depth, but the brain does a good job of making sense out of it all.
Something else I’ve noticed when using a viewfinder is the/my brain seems to enlarge any point of interest (say a bird) so it looks quite large in frame. On reviewing the shot it’s often tiny. Probably a duff brain.

It does the same with the moon. I've rarely managed a photo where the moon has the same presence in a scene as to the naked eye.

 

[Pblakeney]

It does the same with the moon. I've rarely managed a photo where the moon has the same presence in a scene as to the naked eye.

Again, a mind trick.
Hold your hand up beside the moon and the moon will suddenly appear smaller as it is around the same size as your pinky nail.

 

[Ian H]

 

[briantrumpet]

Again, a mind trick.
Hold your hand up beside the moon and the moon will suddenly appear smaller as it is around the same size as your pinky nail.

 

[briantrumpet]

Of course I had to try the yellow macro one in B&W. Not quite as naughty as the iris, but still...

 

[briantrumpet]

I don't think I need to mention the implied hommage... nice arum lily, eh?

 

[Way-Out-West]

I don't think I need to mention the implied hommage... nice arum lily, eh?

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^That's standing proud.^