Daisies II

Wow! I'm speechless!

Great work!

Impressive result, I want to make some pictures like this!

 

Simone

Very artistic. Well done!

It's great, really great... But I personally still prefer the other one. 7/6 here vs 7/7 on the other one... "Why" is, I think, an interesting question... First of all, this one is actually MORE original, by far. Meaning that placing flowers vertically in an horizontal format is already quite a decision by itself... But then comes the other not so obvious decision to show (almost) a profile of the flowers, rather than turning them to us. Then, the 2 petals are a great and very original addition. Then the square itself is quite a surprise. All together that's 4 very original moves... now comes the question: good moves or bad moves, or ok moves, just like in a chess game...:-)

1) The 2 petals: Brilliant, congrats !

2) The square: surprising, but beautiful, and very interesting.

3) The flowers show almost sideways... Very interesting decision if taken on its own.

4) The horizontal composition...? Mmmm... Here I'm not so sure... I think that goes AGAINST your decision to show profile views, and I think it mostly goes AGAINST THE ESSENCE OF YOUR SUBJECT... Let me explain... Flowers grow vertically. So much so that you have still placed them vertically, as they grow, in this composition. Yet, having an horizontal format creates unavoidably an horizontal tension, and I believe it conflicts here with the verticality of flowers as they grow. Furthermore, having an horizontal rectangle leaves a lot of empty space by the sides, and all this contributes in giving a bit too much importance to the background imo, which is detrimental to the importance of the flowers.

In that sense, and in my view, you are slightly guilty of the same kind of "crime" as those who sometimes frame their images in an over-fancy way... Except of course that you framing is 100% classy at least.

Basically, without changing anything, I would have prefered this to remain more subject-concerned, a bit LESS original, if I may say that...

So, ONLY 7/6 this time...:-) (But I'd still be very proud to have shot this, and you are giving me ideas - thanks...:-) Cheers.

Marc - You've brought up a very interesting point about the composition of this piece because it was a real struggle for me. I was going back and forth between horizontal and vertical formats and decided to go with horizontal because with a vertical shot I was seeing more stem than I liked and could not get any closer to the set and still allow the tile to fit comfortably. I just felt I had a good balance this way. It also felt to me to add to the effect of a composition within a composition. That is why the tile was used. I wanted the main composition to contain a smaller additional composition within that tile. If I had been able to crop this image I may very well have gone for a vertical and then trimmed a bit, but with transfers that's not possible.

 

I must admit, after spending six hours on my studio floor trying to figure this out I had a good laugh when I realized I had just spent all this time on trying to arrange 2 stupid flowers :-)) But hey - I had fun!

 

As always thanks for taking the time, and thanks for the kind words.

 

 

I love the flow of the stems, the red and brown textures, very nice.

Shows that you don't really need photoshop to create unusual effects and striking images: I personally find the road to get there as important as the destination...

 

Very poetic !

Yet another enchanting image -- maybe even the same daisies... but totally fresh and pleasing...

AMAZING ART-PICTURE ! WELL DONE ! CONGRATULATIONS !

here again I suspect a more massive framing presentation would only call attention to the delicate features in the subject, and the treatment. Or, maybe just ridding the file of the thin black borders. Not sure.

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Come take a look!

 

Diggin' this look. (I'd say more, but don't want to be all analretentive. Semper Fi)

Beautiful! I think this is my favorite in the folder. Love the tile behind it. Like marc, i question the horizontal format, but it's a wonderful shot!

What else is there to say but to add my praise an thanks for your wonderful images. Just lovely!