Photography Book Club 17 by olivetreeann

Photography Book Club 17

My final shot for week 2. I stopped by the Vegetable Lady's stand today and she had sunflower blossoms for sale. I came home with lots of veggies and some beautiful flowers. I tried taking some close-ups of their centers from a unique perspective, but none of them came out focused. (I think it was me and not the camera.) I decided I would try again tomorrow and went on 365 to reply to the comments on yesterday's shot. While doing so, I just happened to wonder what the petals would look like from the opposite side, where the light was behind them. Following Patterson's rule of taking at least 20 shots, I fired off 35, 6 of which I kept, 3 of which I processed and 1 of which I posted. This one seems to have a sense of fire- although I'm not sure what emotion I'd attach to that. But then, you might have a different idea altogether.
Beautiful
August 18th, 2013  
looks like a beautiful painting! I especially love the upper right part of this. really nice.
August 18th, 2013  
Passion, Passion is the emotion I got from it.
August 18th, 2013  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@vankrey Thank you Michael!
@yaorenliu Thank you Yao! I was trying to think of an emotion you'd have if you were in an argument- but angry didn't fit the color. Passion might work though because passion can be romantic or it can be something you believe strongly in.
August 18th, 2013  
I like the abstract feel to this and the color.
August 18th, 2013  
Neat look to this one
August 18th, 2013  
It actually makes them look like a flame!
August 18th, 2013  
Beautiful abstract image. The colors and forms are lovely. 20 shots? Wow! I thought I was already taking too many and I am far from that total.
August 18th, 2013  
very cool, love these
August 18th, 2013  
This looks like it is on fire Ann.
August 18th, 2013  
jT
lovely POV ann
August 18th, 2013  
Reminds me of flames! Did you try turning it 180 degrees? Love the different colour tones.
August 18th, 2013  
Stunning!
August 18th, 2013  
I have not dine that activity yet. Maybe I will attempt it today. I think this is exactly what that activity was made for! This is a common object, seen in an uncommon way. It is just like flames. Fav
August 18th, 2013  
Nice crop, and some nice color to this
August 18th, 2013  
The rich color and layers are tremendous!
August 18th, 2013  
This is like fire but also static like fire frozen. Maybe stained glass could replicate what you achieved here.
August 18th, 2013  
Very intriguing photo with the dramatic contrast and the yellow glow.
August 18th, 2013  
@taffy @bkbinthecity @maggiemae @pflaume @twr @nicolecampbell @janetoner @salza @sangwann @espyetta @digitalrn @httpgeffed @pandorasecho @eudora

Thank you Taffy, Brian, Maggie, Lisa, Timothy, Nicole, Jane, Sally, Dione, Marybeth, Rick, Colleen, Dixie, and Diane!!

@salza It was actually shot horizontally and I changed it to a vertical when I decided it looked like flames.

@espyetta Thank you so much for the fav Mary Beth!

@pflaume lol Lisa- I had just gotten myself into the habit of being more discerning and not taking tons of shots to go through and now I'm supposed to be doing that!
August 18th, 2013  
Beautiful colors!
August 18th, 2013  
Looks great.
August 18th, 2013  
Love the backlighting - great idea!
August 18th, 2013  
@mrssmith203 @la_photographic @archaeofrog
Thank you Carla!
Thank you Laura!
Thank you Katie!
August 18th, 2013  
I really like it. Good job.
August 19th, 2013  
@henrir Thank you Henri!
August 19th, 2013  
Lovely colours - definitely has a fire feel to it :) Pretty shapes too.
August 19th, 2013  
reminds me of a sun flare - excellent color contrast ~
August 19th, 2013  
Beautiful image. Great crop.
August 20th, 2013  
@alia_801 @eniaral @daisy

Thank you ladies!
August 20th, 2013  
i thought when i took that many shots, i was definitely classified as a slow learner. good to know it's OK. lovely firely flames!
August 22nd, 2013  
@moreyoulessme Thank you Jerri! lol I had just gotten myself to stop taking "thousands" of shots when I didn't need to and the exercises in this book insist that you take at least 20 each time! Thankfully, I have become very picky about how many I keep!
August 23rd, 2013  
yes, it does look like fire. what a wonderful abstract you came up with just the light and the angle. must give it a proper title. fire, perhaps?
August 24th, 2013  
Bev
Nice shot, Ann! They look like flames. Well done :)
August 24th, 2013  
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! Sunflower Flames???
@prttblues Thanks Bev!
August 25th, 2013  
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