VOTE Photo Contest - A Moment Of Reflection (Group 2/2)

[ZapperZ]

This is the second group in this contest. You have one vote. Please vote for the picture that best represents our theme.

1. Janus
http://home.earthlink.net/~parvey/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/reflect.jpg

2. Mech_Engineer

3. fi
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1005/p7120080ap2.jpg

4. FredGarvin
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4061/beaverlodge2smvl0.jpg

5. shramana
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/517/ajmanandcorniche012dq7.jpg

6. alex_caps
http://bikeflat.com/albums/griffith/DSC_2821.sized.jpg

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=209743"

Zz.

 

[Moonbear]

I chose Janus for this one, but it was really a tough choice.

 

[turbo]

I like Fred's beaver lodge. I have cabin fever and can't wait to get out fly-fishing on some little ponds.

 

[GeorginaS]

These are tough. I went with alex because he literally caught a "moment". They're all great images, though. Janus' is very cool for catching four reflections. fi's is so still and clear that it would be difficult to know which end is up.

 

[Chi Meson]

I voted for Fi's pic because it invokes my favorite theme of human artifice superimposed on nature. Plus it's just nice to look at.

 

[ZapperZ]

You have 2 days left to vote in the first round of this contest.

Zz.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

I voted for Fi's pic because it invokes my favorite theme of human artifice superimposed on nature. Plus it's just nice to look at.

It is so nice you noticed that, it is my favourite theme too. I like your photo too. Thanks.

 

[Andre]

Voted for fi too. The picture is very balanced and so real. Was it accidental or deliberate to have an ideal number of trees (seven) for the composition?

 

[neutrino]

Andre, could you please elaborate on why seven in considered ideal? Thanks.

 

[Andre]

Andre, could you please elaborate on why seven in considered ideal? Thanks.

If you compose with tree groups, you find yourself ending up with seven as the most harmonic

Just count:

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Voted for fi too.

Thanks

The picture is very balanced and so real. Was it accidental or deliberate to have an ideal number of trees (seven) for the composition?.

Not consciously, no - in fact I generally try to forget what I’ve learned about composition, etc., when taking photos, if possible ( maybe I do this too well, as I don’t remember being taught specifically about 7 trees, that is fascinating!) hoping to happen upon new ideas for painting, and otherwise just happy snaps.

Nevertheless, I cannot help having these images in the back of my mind (Monet’s poplars) when I see rows of trees like this. I remember being astounded by these compositions when I first saw them.

http://www.monetartprints.net/images/monet_poplar_Epte.jpg
7 trees in foreground, reflected

http://www.intermonet.com/prints/w1309t400.jpg
4 trees in line, reflected

 

[Andre]

I hope that there are no Japanese Bonsai masters reading this forum. An even number of trees is wrong, although nobody is going to count if it's 61 or 62 and from the even numbers four trees is absolutely the worst as 4 is their number of the death.

 

[fuzzyfelt]

Yes, I did forget bonsai and feng shui! I hope if there are Bonsai masters here they make exceptions for Impressionist masters!