Tomatillo: I have been watching these grow all summer. I think they are interesting plants and yesterday I tried to photograph them as the sun was coming up.

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I have been watching these grow all summer. I think they are interesting plants and yesterday I tried to photograph them as the sun was coming up.

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Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Country's Mama wrote:

I have been watching these grow all summer. I think they are interesting plants and yesterday I tried to photograph them as the sun was coming up.

Hi, Judy,
I like your first two with attention most obviously directed to the botanical subject. The third, more of a "botanical environmental portrait" doesn't cut it for me...the plant's significance greatly wanes (IMO).

Dave

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

Uuglypher wrote:

Hi, Judy,
I like your first two with attention most obviously directed to the botanical subject. The third, more of a "botanical environmental portrait" doesn't cut it for me...the plant's significance greatly wanes (IMO).

Dave

Thank you Dave.
I agree, I like the first two better as well, though I love that ugly little barn and have yet to capture it so that it conveys how I feel about it. I love it on a misty morning as this one was. This year I have enjoyed watching the Tomatillo climb up on it. I like how it kind of fans out under the window. But as I said I haven't figure out how to best photograph it.

Nightski

Judy, i think it's the green of the plant that distracts from all the detail in this image .. try it in b&w. Just a thought.

Erdos2 Loc: Vancouver, WA

Nightski wrote:

Judy, i think it's the green of the plant that distracts from all the detail in this image .. try it in b&w. Just a thought.

Interesting. I thought the opposite. Of the three tomatillo images, I liked this one the best because of the green plant naturally contrasting the shades of gray and the weathered surface/grain of the wood. I also like the strong lighting because the shadows help with perspective. The only part that I think is slightly distracting is the image in the panes of glass. But I have no idea what I would do different about that part.

I have never liked artificially highlighted colors in black and white images but this one feels right. (maybe because it is real)

Jerry

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

Erdos2 wrote:

Interesting. I thought the opposite. Of the thre... (show quote)

Thank you Jerry,
I could get rid of the images in the glass, but I am afraid it would look flat and unnatural. What do you think?

Erdos2 Loc: Vancouver, WA

Country's Mama wrote:

Thank you Jerry,
I could get rid of the images in the glass, but I am afraid it would look flat and unnatural. What do you think?

I really don't know. I like what is on the panes of glass (spots of paint, moisture?). It adds to the character of the building/window. I would not want to get rid of that part, so I don't see how one would do anything with the windows..

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

Erdos2 wrote:

I really don't know. I like what is on the panes of glass (spots of paint, moisture?). It adds to the character of the building/window. I would not want to get rid of that part, so I don't see how one would do anything with the windows..

I think you could carefully clone it out, but then you would probably lose some of the reflections and your "paint" spots would run the risk of losing the randomness that they have now.