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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: churly on July 17, 2017, 07:07:37 pm

Title: Dancing Pond Grass
Post by: churly on July 17, 2017, 07:07:37 pm
Eric has his ballet roots so in the same vein - here is some dancing pond grass that has been rather tightly choreographed. 
Chuck
Title: Re: Dancing Pond Grass
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on July 17, 2017, 07:15:33 pm
Fascinating combination: ripples and grass! And specular highlights.

B&W perhaps?
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Post by: John R on July 17, 2017, 07:45:26 pm
Excellent series. Good flow in the designs.

JR
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Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on July 17, 2017, 07:48:31 pm
I love them!
Slightly different choreographer from the one who designed my roots.  ;)
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Post by: RSL on July 17, 2017, 07:52:36 pm
That's looking, Chuck. Bravo!
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Post by: Rajan Parrikar on July 18, 2017, 01:21:31 am
Wonderful.
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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 18, 2017, 03:57:43 am
Lovely. Well seen!

Jeremy
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Post by: graeme on July 18, 2017, 04:35:52 am
Very nice Chuck. Have you tried BW versions?
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Post by: GrahamBy on July 18, 2017, 04:41:10 am
Nice, the strong colour contrast does tricks on my depth perception and makes the grass appear to be floating above the water... so I wouldn't go B&W. Think of it as an extreme duo-tone :)

There is a strong feeling of Japanese woodcut, especially in the 1st and 3rd.
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Post by: Bob_B on July 18, 2017, 07:56:17 am
Quote from: GrahamBy on July 18, 2017, 04:41:10 am
...tricks on my depth perception and makes the grass appear to be floating above the water...

+1; beautiful images.
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Post by: JNB_Rare on July 18, 2017, 09:08:00 am
Love 'em!
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Post by: farbschlurf on July 18, 2017, 02:59:08 pm
Very cool.
Title: Re: Dancing Pond Grass
Post by: churly on July 18, 2017, 06:30:52 pm
Thanks everyone for having a look.  These shots just happened to present themselves when we were out walking so sometimes you just get lucky.
I tried B&W but didn't feel that it added much, perhaps because of he limited range of tonalities. I'll revisit that again in a while.
Chuck
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Post by: RSL on July 18, 2017, 07:53:16 pm
Chuck, that's not called luck. It's called looking. And yes, you're lucky if you see something like that while you're looking, but it doesn't mean a thing if you're not looking. It was a good catch. Keep looking.
Title: Re: Dancing Pond Grass
Post by: farbschlurf on July 19, 2017, 04:36:21 am
Quote from: churly on July 18, 2017, 06:30:52 pm
I tried B&W but didn't feel that it added much, perhaps because of he limited range of tonalities.
No, no, not B&W, this special color is needed, I mean at least when it shouldn't be a "pure abstract". This green is mesmerizing.
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Post by: MattBurt on July 19, 2017, 12:05:22 pm
Very nice! This is the kind of thing I like to look for too.
Great find and nicely captured.
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Post by: Jeremy Roussak on July 19, 2017, 02:25:38 pm
Quote from: RSL on July 18, 2017, 07:53:16 pm
Chuck, that's not called luck. It's called looking. And yes, you're lucky if you see something like that while you're looking, but it doesn't mean a thing if you're not looking.

And as Arnold Palmer, or Gary Player, or someone else, is reported to have said, "The more I practice, the luckier I get".

Jeremy
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Post by: Telecaster on July 19, 2017, 02:46:44 pm
Quote from: kikashi on July 19, 2017, 02:25:38 pm
And as Arnold Palmer, or Gary Player, or someone else, is reported to have said, "The more I practice, the luckier I get".

Ben Hogan, I think.

Lovely photos. Well seen.

-Dave-
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Post by: glyph on July 19, 2017, 07:52:26 pm
Beautiful work. Love the abstraction and color contrast.
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Post by: BobDavid on July 21, 2017, 04:16:47 pm
Impressive work. I think #1 and #3 are stronger than #2.  Really neat pictures...