dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

The angle of this image was achieved by digging a small pit for the camera with a small gardening shovel.

Point of View, POV, is a too rarely used by amateur photographers as a still-image tool. POV was effectively used by old filmmakers; Orson Wells shows us Rosebud and many other scenes from a non-normal POV. The movie Blue Velvet [1986] by David Lynch takes advantage of this in the opening scene, 1m 35s in, a man has a heart attack and collapses, our POV of the world thru his eyes thru the grass. During my painting period in the mid-1960s, I used POV to be different from ill-talented, unimaginative, little ol ladies who painted flower pots and won, with prideful of my paintings were ignored.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70wBYONp_5Q

"Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It manipulates human visual perception through scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera. It has uses in photography, filmmaking, and architecture. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_perspective

"Camera placement and movement is one of the most crucial aspects in every film production." It's worth seeing and reading. Of interest to some in this section is #22. Days Of Heaven (1978) uses "almost" silhouettes. Viewing a car from behind says going, and from in front, says approaching.
http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2015/30-movies-with-the-most-brilliant-camera-work/

MUSHROOMS AT NIGHT -- PHOTOGRAPH'S DELIGHT

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Surreal colors of recognizable subjects = attention-worthy result. Your mention of pov and forced perspective are much appreciated.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Interesting!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you, Linda, I hold your opinion in high esteem. Decades ago I watched an in-depth discussion of early filmmakers and how skillfully they made use of their limited pallet of lenses.

Color is not what we think, color is influenced by adjacent colors... the RBG is not changed, but our prospective of the color is. "Handbook of Color Psychology":
https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/9I69CwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT38

"The choice of the game’s dominant color palette does not seem to be crucial to all developers. Meanwhile, colors significantly impact the psyche of players."
https://tryevidence.com/blog/color-psychology-in-game-design-how-do-colors-help-design-better-games/

tcthome Loc: NJ

Agree!

tcthome Loc: NJ

Nice work.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Thank you Jay. Would you eat a gravy made with these? In the movie Begiled, Clint Eastwood's character, McBurney" having had a pleasureful stay at a Civil War girls' school while his wounds healed, ready to leave was treated to a delightful meal with his favorite gravy made with mushrooms. Better called Gravey!

"The ladies prepare a farewell dinner for McBurney. They serve him poisonous mushrooms and he dies shortly after ingesting them."
https://theoddapple.com/the-beguiled-movie-ending-explained/

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

I like the composition but I don't care for the processing.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

👍🤩👍

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Interesting photo and narrative!

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dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Yes, viewing your topics you are a reality guy, you have some fine bird photos. Being a bird aficionado, you may enjoy seeing a photo of the newly honored State Bird of Florida. The CRISPR-Cas9 system has generated a lot of excitement in the scientific community because it is faster, cheaper, more accurate, and more efficient than other genome editing methods. Stepford Wives were created using this approach. Crispr explained:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4975809/

Cross-breeding of a parakeet and a buzzard was not successful which is why the Crispr approach was used.

FLORIDA STATE BIRD

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veralisa296 Loc: New Jersey

What a combinatiion of the photographer's tools! Excellent work...and the colors are outdtanding!

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Yes, I am happy to have many classic tools that I can go-to to-do a specified thing without the AI interverence. The frame is under Effects>3D>Buttonize and not in Frames ... Paintshop Pro 2023. Colors achieved by various.. some white holes filled with clone. "colors are outstanding!" Thank you, I cook food the same way.

Don't forget "Lunipic" online modification program.

NikonGal Loc: Central Oregon

Getting into photography later in life, I'm not aware of some of your topics, but I much appreciate your interesting images and explanations. Thank You.