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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Arlen on August 27, 2019, 05:40:56 pm

Title: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: Arlen on August 27, 2019, 05:40:56 pm: I'm feeling rather category-challenged today, but decided to let this one come to rest here.

(https://pbase.com/art1/image/169702488/original.jpg)
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: Arlen on August 29, 2019, 01:06:13 am: No a-fish-ionados here, I guess. ;)
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: Peter McLennan on August 30, 2019, 04:00:26 pm: Quote from: Arlen on August 29, 2019, 01:06:13 am
No a-fish-ionados here, I guess. ;)

Count me in as one. I'm no fisherman, nor do I have any experience photographing fish, but I certainly love photographing water.

Superb!
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: John R on August 30, 2019, 10:57:57 pm: Quote from: Peter McLennan on August 30, 2019, 04:00:26 pm
Count me in as one. I'm no fisherman, nor do I have any experience photographing fish, but I certainly love photographing water.

Superb!
I love the undulating water, which bends all the elements makes the image painterly.

JR
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: Arlen on August 30, 2019, 11:42:44 pm: Thank you, Peter and John. Gratifying to hear from kindred spirits who see more than just a fish.
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: Kevin Gallagher on August 31, 2019, 06:04:23 am: Nice one Arlen. Just wondering if you brought a camera intending to get some shots or was it a just a quick inspiration? Very well seen and captured regardless!!
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: kers on August 31, 2019, 07:57:02 am: +1

always like these kind of 'look twice photos' and this one is pearl, also as an abstract.
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on August 31, 2019, 08:12:18 am: Quote from: kers on August 31, 2019, 07:57:02 am
+1

always like these kind of 'look twice photos' and this one is pearl, also as an abstract.
+1.
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: churly on August 31, 2019, 11:29:52 am: It is a dandy shot. I waited to see it full screen before commenting.
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: rabanito on August 31, 2019, 05:23:55 pm: Beautiful image
Title: Re: The Rainbow and the Fly
Post by: Arlen on August 31, 2019, 05:49:49 pm: Thanks guys, I appreciate all the additional feedback.

Kevin, I'm on rivers and streams a lot, and I almost always carry a camera. If I'm engaged in something like fly fishing, as here, it's a small pocketable one (currently an Olympus TG-4 or Sony RX100). I'm always looking for water patterns, interesting rocks, and lighting in advance, to use if a situation arises and a subject cooperates. Oftentimes they don't. But with persistence, every now and then things come together, as I think they did here.