Reality or Neatness?

A photo of our dam with its reflections and edge vegetation (weeds!) That single grass poking into the middle is very annoying but, isn't that what weeds are!? I badly wanted to clone it out!

[Suzanne]

I quite like the single piece of grass and that is exactly what weeds are: wrong place at wrong time!

[Mags]

Very cool image!

[Oli Lindenskov]

Nice pic👍😊

[Maggiemae]

What are the black vertical lines? Some weeds can be very photographical!

[gloria jones]

Nicley captured

[Peter Dulis]

interesting

[Rob Z]

@maggiemae Hi Maggiemae. We had a bad drought a couple of years ago and all of the bullrushes died and rotted away. The black vertical lines are all that's left of many of them. Luckily, some of the ones closer to the edges are regenerating. Thanks for your interest. Cheers rob

[Babs]

Luckily you seem to have plenty of water in your dam

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[PhotoCrazy]

Cool!

[Olwynne]

I love that single grass. Nice shot

[Phil Howcroft]

no need to clone this is perfect Rob

[Bobbi C]

It's a not shot. I wouldn't remove the weed either. It belongs there.

[Bill Davidson]

It belongs there!

[Cliff McFarlane]

You've shown great restraint

[Carole Sandford]

Nature isn’t always perfect, it’s true to how it appeared - what’s that saying - “ it is what it is”……

[Kerry McCarthy]

Cool image.

[Beverley]

Very interesting to see

[Joan Robillard]

Nice

[Junan Heath]

Cool shot!

[Shutterbug]

I think the image is just perfect. No need to remove the weed that had a mind of its own.

[Jane Pittenger]

Yeah…I’d have pulled that weed!

[Paula Fontanini]

It's nice to see some reality in pictures! So many perfect pictures these days with so many editing choices. Mother Nature isn't always perfect!! :)

[Dorothy]

I thought the black things were worms! Interesting photo.

[Rick]

Cool.

[Diana]

I love the flowers with a bee hovering over it, or is it just a reflection ;-)

[Wylie]

Nice simple shot. Def had to leave in the grass😛

[Brian]

I like this as it is!

[Dione Giorgio]

Very sweet scene. I would never consider removing the weed; makes a nice addition to the scene.

[Merrelyn]

I rather like the grass, I'd be more inclined to clone out the pink flowerhead.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cool shot. I like it.

[Fisher Family]

A beautiful shot. I think the grass in the middle adds to the shot rather than detracting.

Ian

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good catch! I admire your ability to stick 100% to reality. I would have cloned it out!

[Margaret Brown]

Nice capture, I had to work out what I was looking at(reflections)!

[Rob Z]

@olivetreeann Lol Ann - it was touch and go... :)

[Rob Z]

@merrelyn Hi Merrelyn - the dreaded Purple Top - another weed. But I have a soft spot for them because the butterflies love them. So, it didn't even occur to me that it actually really clashes with the rest of the image! It was just a weed I tolerate. Isn't it funny how your brain perceives and rationalizes things? Thanks so much for your interesting remark! Cheers Rob

[Rob Z]

@sangwann Thanks Dione. It's all been quite interesting to read people's thoughts.

[Rob Z]

@fishers Thanks Ian - It's been quite interesting to read what different people think about it.

[Rob Z]

To clone or not to clone! Thank you for your awesome thoughts - it has really been so interesting. And I guess it begs the question - what is a photo?? A summary of what's there or a depiction of what you'd like to see there? So many differing opinions and reasons. I'll have to think more now before merely cloning away anything that I personally don't like... Many thanks. Cheers Rob
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[Rob Z]

Hi Cliff and Jane. I must admit normally I would have removed it without a thought! But it's been really interesting to read all the ideas from others. Makes you stop and think a bit.. Cheers Rob
@clifford @jgpittenger

[Rob Z]

@ludwigsdiana Hi Diana - I had a closer look - I don't think it's a bee or a reflection. I think it's a very small dead bullrush - many of them died during our recent drought, and are now just little stumps in the water... Cheers Rob

[Sporen Maken]

Lovely reflections