What do you do with a photo that, no matter the tweaks to increase contrast, bring more definition, crop to improve composition, still ends up looking naff? The answer could be this . . .
These bramble leaves are given new life
Dried grass caught upon flowering oaks . . . like dancing Medusas
Blue daisies and purple plantain . . , and why not?
No matter the treament, the leaves remain . . . bi-coloured
Blue briars? Or some silken fabric
Petals, butterflies, leaves . . . which are they?
Kaleidoscoping ivy
The fiery light of dawn
Flamingos in the sky? No, those leaves reveal the truth of it. This is an extensive clamber of hops, in flower
Perhaps my favourite: A fractured vision of grasses
Graded umbrellas . . . well, umbellifers
Rubies, diamonds, emeralds . . .
Nocturne in lime . . . or a tangle of grasses?
A rainbow-coloured shower of leaves
Blooming pinks
Purple hedge parsley . . . still discernable
Not flowers. Lichen
Bindweed, despite the treatment, still unmistakable
And here be a medley of grasses
These were water plants . . . impossible now to tell
I call this Scarlet Streamer but it began life as yet more grasses
Can you see a face here? Call her Bryony
Next week? Beneath the Wide Sky
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Some impressions:
1) exploding wool ball
2) scene from experimental 1950s sci-fi film
5) fabric, definitely fabric!
6) scene from experimental 1960s film about hallucinogenic drugs
8) Japanese art print
9) satellite photograph of alien landscape
9) “Honey, I broke the photographic plate!”
16) Lab slide of culture for microscope
17) The birdweed looks like an etching imposed on fabric
18) abstract painting from the 1960s
19) “The wind and the waves as I jump into the ocean to commit suicide”
21) “Only Bryony’s hairdresser knows for sure!”
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I knew your comments would be worth the reading. And I knew hallucinogenic drugs would feature somewhere.
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I’m that predictable, am I? 🙂
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No, not predictable in what you’re likely to say, but kinda predictable in that it’s likely to be humorous and cause me a chuckle. That’s why I look forward to receiving your comments.
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🙂
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See, every time. Big smiles.
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And obviously I fouled up the numbers at #9-10; good thing I mentioned what was in the picture I designated (16): it is indeed the birdweed picture.
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Yea, there are rather a lot of pictures, very easily confused. I just couldn’t decide which ones to publish and which to hold back. I like the last one: Bryony. I think it looks like Dave Bowie.
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There are at least two possible faces I see, and, yes, one does look a bit like Bowie.
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Ha! Someone agrees. My daughter could only see a leg. But then she saw a face in the Rubies, Diamonds etc which I hadn’t seen.
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Well filter play is fun and now that you have opened that door…I may have to walk through!! I used to do some crazy things with the filters too!! My favourites are probably the umbrella one and the blooming pinks as they look painterly and with nice colors.
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Favourable comments from you, as a photographer, are always treasured. I enjoyed creating these images. Not just the process of turning a scramble of vegetation into something ‘presentable’, but because it truly felt creative. When tweaking my usual photographic offerings whether they’re actually usable is often a happy accident. With these, I just kept going. That last one, Bryony, may be my favourite. Though also the multi-coloured fall of leaves.
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