Adrift in a sea of bluebells

[Jonstone]

Haven't entered for a while so thought I would give it a go this month



Exif

A couple of graduated filters added to help focus in the dandelion otherwise unaltered

 

[Miranda]

Ok, I guess now it's the time to come out and lift the cat on the table
This is my husband's entry, so I'll withdraw commenting the photo or voting for it, I guess it would be a bit biased

 

[tcr4x4]

Nice, like it, although the right hand side is a little distracting from the focal point which I presume is the dandelion. I dont advocate stamping down bluebells, but some gentle presuasion to move them might have been a good move.

 

[Jonstone]

Nice, like it, although the right hand side is a little distracting from the focal point which I presume is the dandelion. I dont advocate stamping down bluebells, but some gentle presuasion to move them might have been a good move.

I quite like the way the bluebells on the right foreground help to create a blue frame around the dandelion, especially when you view it large on a black background, but the nice thing about photography is it is all subjective, its what makes it such an interesting hobby

 

[shotokan101]

Ok, I guess now it's the time to come out and lift the cat on the table
This is my husband's entry, so I'll withdraw commenting the photo or voting for it, I guess it would be a bit biased

"Wuss!"

Nice, like it, although the right hand side is a little distracting from the focal point which I presume is the dandelion. I dont advocate stamping down bluebells, but some gentle presuasion to move them might have been a good move.

I tend to agree - TBH hardly noticed the Dandelion at first and I'd have preferred for the flowers at the sop of the frame to have been clipped...

Great idea though - wonder how long you had to search for a dandelion ?


Jim

 

[bl0ckev]

Very nice

 

[Vigmandingo]

I really like this. The dandelion makes it!

 

[tontoshorse]

I quite like the way the bluebells on the right foreground help to create a blue frame around the dandelion, especially when you view it large on a black background, but the nice thing about photography is it is all subjective, its what makes it such an interesting hobby

Ain't that the truth!

For what its worth I like the concept and the colours, on the negative front those bluebells on the same focal plane as the dandelion are a bit distracting, but you've gotta love the colours of them bluebells!

 

[tracymae]

Lovely shot, love the title too very fitting.

 

[Deleted member 27989]

Lovely capture, right and bottom a bit too dark for me.

 

[Jonstone]

The idea behind the picture was to give the impression of an individual lost in a crowd, but with enough uniqueness about that individual for you to still be able to pick it out.

As such I didn't want the main subject to be immidiately obvious but once you did realise what it was supposed to be that it always jumps out at you from the photo from that point on.

I thought the sooc shot didn't quite manage that so I added a couple of diagonal graduated exposure filters from the top right and bottom left to help dull down the bluebells and help bring the eye towards the dandelion.

I did consider trying to do something with the bluebells on the same focal plane as the dandelion, maybe adding a focal blur filter in that area but I am not too happy with making pp changes to that extent really, it makes it feel less like photography and more like a technical exercise.

Overall I am happy with the end result but taking on board the comments made here I know I would make some changes if I were to shoot it again so thank you all for the constructive criticism.