LPS #3 - Under Water

Flyinggina

Any thoughts on this photo I took today as a candidate for LPS #3?




Thanks! Virginia

Nikolai

Virginia,

Flyinggina wrote:

Any thoughts on this photo I took today as a candidate for LPS #3?

Thanks! Virginia

Interesting...
One question, though: which one is it?

sunita

I assume you are shooting for 'irregular'? It's an interesting pic. but the haze is a little distracting. Perhaps upping the contrast might help ?

Cheers, Sunita

pyroPrints.com

Hmmm i actually think this has a hint of both themes. I dunno about the others, but I'm certainly interested in the circumstances of this photo =c)

LiquidAir

I like the shot, but I don't think it communicates either of the themes well enough. The plant certainly is irregular but the photo does not say "irregular" to me any more strongly than any other shot of a plant.

pyroPrints.com wrote:

Hmmm i actually think this has a hint of both themes. I dunno about the others, but I'm certainly interested in the circumstances of this photo =c)

It looks to me like the shot was taken in an aquarium.

Robert

Hi, my guess is you went for picturesque.
In my eyes, there is too much decay in there for that theme and I can’t see much of the other category in it either. Sorry.

Flyinggina

I agree that the photo doesn't hit either theme hard enough. In my view it is "irregular" because the plant is underwater, which is unusual for something that looks like a bromeliad (I have to go back and check to see exactly what it is), and because it is naturally non-symmetrical. As to picturesque, I agree with Robert, one thinks that at first, but then realizes that it shows too much decay. Overall, I see it as an abstract more than a representational picture. If it were a drop dead photo I would maybe play with it a bit more and go for it, but it's not, so I won't.

PyroPrints, the picture was taken at the Botanical School garden in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. The plant is under water in one of the many small ponds found throughout the botanical garden. Here is the original (after PS conversion from RAW but before any further processing).




Thanks all of you for taking the time to comment. Now it's back to the drawing board for me.

Virginia

Bountyphotographer

I love what you did with that plant. The before and after is unreal.
I dont think that this will get you very far in the contest though.
It looks like people are waiting for the last couple days to submit their entries. It is some sort of a mind game, but what do I know.
How many more days do I have left???? ha,ha,ha


BP



PS:comment va Paris?:bread

ChrisJ

That was a very nice conversion from the original. Looking forward to seeing your next attempt!

JillG

Hi, I like this. Your conversion is well done. It has a mystery about it. I'm not sure it really says irregular though.

Jill

Robert

It’s incredible what amount of information can be extracted from a raw file.

Flyinggina

Thanks Chris and Jill for your kind comments. I was rather pleased (and suprised) by the way the picture came out.

Robert, you are right. With few exceptions, RAW is the only way to go.

Now, back to shooting.

Virginia