Unusual Christmas Decoration

redleash

I found these large ornaments floating in a pond at the Botanic Gardens last week. The wind picked up fiercely just as I got to the gardens, so I had to look for something other than flowers to shoot. Went to the fountains and this is what I found! C&C welcomed.

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jstpeter

Interestign find. I am curious if the wind put those in there as well. As for a critique. Without your description it is hard to tell what I am looking at. It all just seems to be a bunch of shapes and such in your frame no real composition or pattern. If you were going for abstract I woluld have gotten in even closer and looked for some repeating paterns in some of the balls. If not goign for an abstract I would have stepped back and captured more of the pond so we can see these are Christmas ornaments in a pond and what a weird scene it was.

Azzaro

Hi REDLEASH.......I like the first one the best.....You might try cropping out the concrete and just have the ornaments and water.....
Nice capture and thanks for sharing.....

redleash

Based on the great comments so far, here are some new versions for your viewing pleasure.

#1 Full view of fountain to put things in context


#2 Previous version with concrete cropped out


#3 Nothing but ornaments - no discernible pattern unfortunately


#4 Total abstract - created by rotating zoom while shutter was open


I welcome more comments. I may go out again today or tomorrow to see what I can capture based on everyone's suggestions.

Thanks,
Lauren

Azzaro

Nice series redleash......I like two and three the best. When I show a pic. in landscape format I make it 800px wide. I think they show better....