What Is It?
I am constantly saying; get in closer, crop down, isolate your subject, which is particularly true of flowers. Finding a new way of seeing a common object is one way the photographer can create their own vision and style. There are times when this is taken to such an extreme that we get either a graphic abstract or an object we cannot identify.
This unusual photograph falls into the category of “What Is It?”. It looks like a macro image, but of what? It has good definition in the subject and a blurred two color background but what is it? The lighting is natural and the subject is colorful but do I know what it is?
This is an interesting image but the photographer may wish to select different color combinations. The four colors in the image are most unsettling. There are strong graphic elements but they don’t work together harmoniously.
Should I guess what it is? I will take a stab at it and say it is an Anther for a Lily. Do you have any ideas what it is?
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February 24th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
I like It.
I understand the time, thought, and effort that goes into making macro images.
I can tell from your photograph, you under stand this too. There are two questions I ask myself before setting out to make an image. One who am I taking this photograph for? Two why am I taking it? Just answering those two questions have helped me more then all the technical advice and equipment that I have been given over the years.
Look forward to seeing more of your work!
Aloha,
Jim Johnston
February 24th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
I would like to thank Jim Johnson for his commments and
helpful advice. The image is, indeed, an anther of a lily as
Jim Morris correctly guessed. (It is very, very hard to
fool Jim Morris). For metadata purposes, only, the image
was made with a Nikon D300 camera, using a Tamron 90mm
fixed focal length macro lens set at f11 and tripod mounted.
This was one of the very first images that I had made with
this camera, and other than that, I can’t really explain why I selected this image.