I Can't by graemestevens

I Can't

For the life of me, I just can't take a photo today. I have tried, and tried again. Then I tried once more. After that I gave up and tipped some food colouring into a jug and hoped for the best. If this is the best then I'm going to set fire to something tomorrow.
ha! I think it looks awesome!!
May 19th, 2014  
Kim
Don't be too hard on yourself, this is lovely
May 19th, 2014  
@cindyloo Thanks very much
@kimkyra I have the perfect comeback to that...but this is a public forum
May 19th, 2014  
Kim
@graemestevens ohhh I'm blushing now xx
May 19th, 2014  
Lol! :) fabulous. Can't wait for the fire.
May 19th, 2014  
@mzzhope Thanks, and neither can I!!!
May 19th, 2014  
I really like it! At first glance, I thought it was a tapestry. I think I had one of similar design in college - my free-spirited days when I had no responsibilities and not a care in the world.
May 19th, 2014  
@eyeamlisa Thanks very much - it does look kind of like something that would be at home with some incense burning around it...
May 19th, 2014  
It works!
May 19th, 2014  
@golftragic Barely!
May 19th, 2014  
@graemestevens It is colourful and creative - even if a tad tame by your usual standards.
May 19th, 2014  
@golftragic It could probably benefit from having a dismembered corpse floating in it...
May 19th, 2014  
I love this! The colors are great! It makes me want to stare at it!!
May 19th, 2014  
@harbie Wow, thanks very much
May 19th, 2014  
It's easy to get lost in a photo like this because the mind wants to make something out of randomness so I've just spent over a minute staring at it !!
May 19th, 2014  
It is a bit hypnotic!, the colours are great.
May 19th, 2014  
I thought I was stoned for a moment! Bwahahahaha....I know your not crazy about it but I like the colors and movement in it!
May 19th, 2014  
I always knew you were a secret colour seeker! Love this shot it's so vibrant , I also love the sense of movement in it and the light. In fact what's not to love about it! Fav
May 19th, 2014  
Sam
I'm not coping with the lack of fire or gruesome cutting up of a teddy bear.
May 19th, 2014  
Even when your not shooting actual flames you still come up with a flame effect shot. Great colours
May 19th, 2014  
I like it. It's calming. Looks slightly like my one year's old burnt face despite sunsets, cream and sunglasses all afternoon. Perhaps rename bad mother sunburn?
May 19th, 2014  
Sunsets? Sun hats!!
May 19th, 2014  
I Like it! But I really like when you set fire to stuff!!! ;)
May 19th, 2014  
now this works well! i will have to give it a go! FAV
May 19th, 2014  
@chippy1402 thanks very much
@dibzgreasley thanks :)
@creativefool I couldn't possibly comment ;) Thanks
@ceilidh wow, thanks so much
@gigiflower Gruesome service will be resumed at some point...I had a few other twisted ideas while I was walking the dogs tonight, so I need to get those out of my head and onto here first I think or I may go insane
@wearing0 thanks very much
@newbank thanks - I love a good typo! ;)
@lisatown I'll do something about that someday soon...a few other ideas occurred tonight when I was walking to dogs, so I need to get them out of my head and onto hear first...
@andrewkru thank you very much :)
May 19th, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens I wonder if it makes you nervous that you are well known for your fire lighting and dismembering of "things".........we don't care for your nice ones like this one!!!
May 19th, 2014  
@gigiflower snigger...I sometimes think "what the hell do I do now?" But I don't care for the nice ones that I do very much either...
May 19th, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens Do you think your fire photos are going to escalate, like serial killer behaviours?
May 19th, 2014  
@gigiflower For the sake of my restraining order collection I sincerely hope not...but who am I to say? What seems like a bad idea this week may seem like a very good idea next week - it all depends on which personality is in charge on any given day ;)
May 19th, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens Your fans on 365 will make the decision on what is a good or bad idea. So please escalate your behaviour quickly!!!
May 19th, 2014  
@gigiflower Yes ma'am!
May 19th, 2014  
@gigiflower here here.....
May 19th, 2014  
@gigiflower @newbank Sigh, just for you two: I can't promise flames but gruesome WILL be back tomorrow.
May 19th, 2014  
Haas I too had one of those days last week - and my colour in milk was not as interesting as yours!
May 19th, 2014  
@ltodd they're not nice days to have, but I spent a long time walking the dogs tonight, listening to music, mulling things over and coming up with a few ideas so hopefully it's all over
May 19th, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens I love peer group pressure!
May 19th, 2014  
@gigiflower Hmmm, I guess it would be if I didn't love doing the "darker" photos...
May 19th, 2014  
@graemestevens agree - year one I felt the pressure & 6 months in realised my personal 365 journey included embracing these days as 'normal' & learning to accept that. To me, that is the hidden gem of 365 - follow the take one and post for every day even when it is not ' working' - that is when I grew as a person & a photographer ( hopefully)
May 19th, 2014  
@ltodd thanks Lyn, I'll take that and run with it!
May 19th, 2014  
I suspect you are well aware just how good this shot is without any excuses.
May 19th, 2014  
Well that's a great mistake !!!
May 19th, 2014  
Hurray for gruesome....I may have a shot that has been hiding in my folder, not fully gruesome but has a Graeme stevens feel to it. Will post tomorrow in honour of gruesome returning.
May 19th, 2014  
Colourful and fancy today!!! You ARE having an off day! But, it is beautiful, and a fav!
May 19th, 2014  
@vignouse I humbly beg to differ...it's the next morning here and I'm still not sure about it, but my mother always taught me to be polite (the other choice was a near fatal beating)
@denisefuller thanks very much
@newbank I look forward to it
@lynnilou thank you very much
May 19th, 2014  
I think this is great - all that is missing is a dismembered teddy floating face down in it.
May 19th, 2014  
Fav! Love the color and motion! I have days like that as well, where it feels like moving mountains to take a photo and I wish I could be more consistent. But I just post some crappy picture and eventually the creativity starts to come back.
May 19th, 2014  
I really like this. All those swirly colours
May 19th, 2014  
@dh That would have made it the perfect shot
@jess1204 That was the plan...and thanks very much
@rachelwithey Thanks very much
May 20th, 2014  
Heehee! Loved your commentary. You ended up with a fun abstract, though.
May 20th, 2014  
@taffy thanks very much
May 20th, 2014  
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