Flower power - embarras de richesse

Marzena

rootX

I loved the first three ones and second last

What are those in the first one? (Never saw them before :()

turbo

Wonderful shots, all, Marzena! You and Andre might be in for a fight to the death.

Here are some bluets. Tiny guys, not even 1/4" across.

Marzena

Forget-me-nots.

Borek

Just realized - there was a typo in the url and the picture was not showing.

Vangogish

She has more and she can't make her mind, just like Andre...

Edit: thank you Kurdt

lisab

Wow! Like in Andre's thread, I can't decide.

Kurdt

Nice shots

misgfool

Pardon me for my ignorance, but what exactly makes these pictures interesting?

lisab

I guess to really get what's involved, you'd have to try to take a pic like this, of something really close-up. It's surprisingly difficult!

Borek

It is not that they are especially interesting (although some details catched are quite surprising), but Marzena has to select one for the Flower power competition - and they are all worth using.

misgfool

I don't doubt that, but... so all these competitions are about picture taking technique?

Kurdt

Don't the picture comp rules state that no photo that has been previously uploaded on the site can be used? Doesn't this thread mean you've disqualified them all?

EDIT: Ahh only one use in a contest.

turbo

Technique, composition, artistic sense... They all play into the competition. Depending on the focal length, aperture, shutter speed, and available or filled light, results can range from flat and dull to wonderful.

For instance, if you use a large aperture, you generally get a shallower depth of field, meaning that things closer or farther than your point of focus (the subject) end up more or less out-of focus. You can use this effect to accent and isolate your subject, and you can over-use it to the point where the effect gets to be a bit "much". Some subjects really require a bit of context and use of an overly-shallow DOF can detract.

Loren Booda

Thanks for testing out my new monitor, Marzena, and providing some beauty in my day.

Are these digital or film shots?

Marzena

Digital, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7.

misgfool

Maybe I have misunderstood this, but shouldn't art try to convey some message?

turbo

Sometimes "art" is what one finds appealing, apart from any "message". When I see a well-composed image of a flower with interesting lighting, etc, I don't try to ascribe any meaning to it, any more than I would try to ascribe some meaning to the composition "Classical Gas". Just enjoy it for what it is.