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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: dalethorn on July 28, 2008, 10:06:12 am

Title: Suburban runoff
Post by: dalethorn on July 28, 2008, 10:06:12 am
The flower here is about a half-inch wide.  Shooting straight down from above, I couldn't avoid all reflections, so I left in what looked suitable for this image.  The water flow most days is minimal, yet it's still interesting that the little flower grew and survived a few days in that area.
Title: Suburban runoff
Post by: wolfnowl on July 28, 2008, 05:11:38 pm
Can't see the stem in this shot, but it looks a little like a plant called 'blue-eyed grass'.  Not a grass at all, but related to lillies (Sisyrinchium montanum).

Mike.
Title: Suburban runoff
Post by: Rob C on July 31, 2008, 07:38:29 am
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The flower here is about a half-inch wide.  Shooting straight down from above, I couldn't avoid all reflections, so I left in what looked suitable for this image.  The water flow most days is minimal, yet it's still interesting that the little flower grew and survived a few days in that area.
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Nice shot, Dale, with interesting background colours and effects; perhaps it would have been better to have left out the location information - creates a negative vibe that would certainly not have been felt without the added info. On the other hand, I´ve had a lousy morning tryng to fix a calcified water inlet to the property right on the eve of the annual August holiday season, when plumbers are as scarce as hens´teeth. But they are always as scarce as hens´teeth, so perhaps it´s only the sunshine that´s messed with my brain chemistry.

Rob C
Title: Suburban runoff
Post by: dalethorn on July 31, 2008, 01:30:08 pm
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.....interesting background colours and effects; perhaps it would have been better to have left out the location information.....
Rob C
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Yep, I generally agree.  In this case, I needed some description for what would otherwise be interpreted as other-worldly, and suffering the early-morning what-the-hecks, I just gave in and went for literal.  There's an analogy in Bill & Ted #1 where the boys are introducing the historical people to "mom", and when they get to Abe Lincoln, there's no funny line they can dredge up at that point.