Swamp Music
Dec 9, 2015 20:32:18 #
spaceblue wrote:
Fantastic! Dreamy lighting, subtle colors, reflection... just love it!
Thank you so much, glad you liked it!
Dec 9, 2015 20:42:31 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Sounds like a terrific learning experience for all!
I knew I was gonna be gone all day today with the grandkids so I couldn't put it together but will do so tomorrow. I have done another couple of swamp images this way, but I've had utter failure applying it to other shots, so I need help! I'll post everything I know about it, some links, the original image from this one and my steps, and hope ya'll can help me solve this puzzle so we can all learn from each other.
Dec 10, 2015 08:40:32 #
This is nice, Minnie. it is moody, of course, and what I especially like are the great reflections. My brother was a master at reflections, but I've never quite conquered them.
Dec 10, 2015 08:58:39 #
minniev wrote:
Foggy dawn in the cypress swamp yesterday. An experiment of course, more about that later. For now, please let me know your thoughts.
Hi, minniev! I was so entranced by the beautiful colors of the left background that I didn't notice the horizontal branch until I started reading the comments!!! When I looked at the branch, the gorgeous colors kept drawing my eyes away. For me, this image is really two photos: a vertical image of the left side with its gorgeous background colors and trees and reflections, and the image on the right which emphasizes the "architecture" of the image by contrasting the horizontal of the branch with the vertical of the trees and reflections. If I cut the image in half, the gorgeous colors win; not that I could do this, but the image on the right would need a bit more work. Still, all in all, I am in awe of your work, minniev. This is a wondrous image!
Dec 10, 2015 10:52:22 #
A really nice image. The branch should stay. That's life. Without it the image would be too perfect. Being a person who is frequently at odds with the world, that branch is me.
Dec 10, 2015 13:29:18 #
jaymatt wrote:
This is nice, Minnie. it is moody, of course, and what I especially like are the great reflections. My brother was a master at reflections, but I've never quite conquered them.
Thank you so much! Reflections are one of those prizes that a photographer hunts for, but sometimes has trouble finding. Time of day, type of water, and what's around are the keys. I have far more failures than successes, glad you thought this was one of the latter:)
Dec 10, 2015 13:43:51 #
ediesaul wrote:
Hi, minniev! I was so entranced by the beautiful ... (show quote)
Thank you Edie for these detailed remarks. I always value your artistic eye! I always think I have shot every angle till I go back again and find another (which I did this morning, again). Of the colors, it is the blues that worry me most because they got stronger from the processing as RG noted and I fear they might need to be harnessed a bit. The work of the swamp is never done...
Dec 10, 2015 13:45:10 #
AzPicLady wrote:
A really nice image. The branch should stay. That's life. Without it the image would be too perfect. Being a person who is frequently at odds with the world, that branch is me.
Thank you! Glad there's another person-at-odds out there making photos. Somehow the quirky always ends up attracting my eye more than the perfect.
Dec 10, 2015 13:52:03 #
minniev wrote:
...The work of the swamp is never done...
I so admire your dedication and focus, Minnie! I'm easily bored and always wanting to move on to the next thing :)
Dec 10, 2015 14:10:25 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
I so admire your dedication and focus, Minnie! I'm easily bored and always wanting to move on to the next thing :)
I'm a half-and-half one - I love to travel and see and photograph beautiful things I've never seen before, but I have a bloom-where-planted side too, so I like visiting the places I love over and over and seeing what new seasons/new light/new angles/ new processing can do to bring out their beauty in some different way.
Dec 10, 2015 14:53:14 #
minniev wrote:
Foggy dawn in the cypress swamp yesterday. An experiment of course, more about that later. For now, please let me know your thoughts.
I am going to go way out on a (horizontal) limb here, and say that this is one of those rare images that I choose to spend 24 hours or more thinking about before I say anything.
I know from experience that an image like this is very difficult to successfully achieve - translating the beauty and majesty of the woods we perceive into an image that communicates that.
The horizontal branch is, for me, the critical and essential element in the image. It is the "imperfection" that perfects the whole.
Mike
Dec 10, 2015 15:17:42 #
jim hill
Loc: Springfield, IL
minniev wrote:
Foggy dawn in the cypress swamp yesterday. An experiment of course, more about that later. For now, please let me know your thoughts.
You have bested us all again Min. This is a wonderful photograph with the joy of creation.
Cool fog deep within:
Misty visions of tall thin
towers of faint swamp trees.
A little haiku for you....
Dec 10, 2015 15:50:55 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
I am going to go way out on a (horizontal) limb he... (show quote)
Mike, I'm honored by your response. The greatest compliment any of us can be paid is for someone to think about one of our images for more than the usual 5 seconds.
The scenes I shoot around home are rather bland compared to the grand landscapes of our spectacular scenic areas, so I am forever looking for ways to capture and express their more subtle beauty.
Once I studied it a bit, I thought the branch was essential too, don't think it would work without it.
Dec 10, 2015 15:52:32 #
jim hill wrote:
You have bested us all again Min. This is a wonderful photograph with the joy of creation.
Cool fog deep within:
Misty visions of tall thin
towers of faint swamp trees.
A little haiku for you....
Cool fog deep within:
Misty visions of tall thin
towers of faint swamp trees.
A little haiku for you....
Oh my! Thank you Jim, for both the generous comment and the fine haiku that really says in words what I was trying to say in the image.
Dec 10, 2015 16:28:04 #
jim hill
Loc: Springfield, IL
minniev wrote:
Oh my! Thank you Jim, for both the generous comment and the fine haiku that really says in words what I was trying to say in the image.
Darn it anyway! I knew I would screw it up. I should have highlighted the original atttempt and pasted it in.
Chalk it up to too many years on the bottle (the kind w/o a nipple - although that would have been better) and advanced years.
Here is the way it was supposed to read:
Cool fog deep within:
Misty visions and tall thin
towers of faint swamp trees.
The second line should have read "and" - not "of".
Changes the meaning subtly but necessarily.
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