Pinaki Sarkar
September 2024 - Summer Garden
About the Image(s)
Technical:
f29, 1/1125, ISO-1800, 500mm. Processed through lightroom 6 and NIK
Background:
This was shot at a local aroboretum
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10 comments posted
Graham Harris
Great combination of yellow and green colours in this image. These analogous colours really produce a harmonious effect despite the business of the subject. Can you tell me what the yellow flowering plant is - I'm not familiar with it? Posted: 09/08/2024 21:45:51
Not a Biologist so I am not an expert in this field. I did a Google age search for this from Wiki...Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant in the genus Tanacetum in the aster family, native to temperate Europe and Asia. It has been introduced to other parts of the world, including North America..you want to check it out.I shot this at our local arboretum in NY. Posted: 09/09/2024 07:25:08
excellent color juxtaposition with yellow and green. It does look like camera focused on the leaves at the bottom. To me, the fruits look a bit out of focus. Posted: 09/10/2024 17:17:07
Yes agree...as I see it closely... Posted: 09/18/2024 06:39:47
Pinaki,
Nicely seen, and I agree that the colors really pop. I suspect that the berries are fuzzy and so never really appear to be "in focus," or they might have been waving slightly with a breeze.
That said, it's hard to see anything that really is in focus, so you might want to try a sharpening program to bring up the detail a bit more.
Unfortunately, my eye has trouble finding a place to settle. There is no real point of interest, and the subject just sort of runs off the edge on the top and left. I can't see any intent in your cropping and composition decisions. All this leads me to wonder what the photo is actually about?
Posted: 09/16/2024 21:02:05
Nicely seen, and I agree that the colors really pop. I suspect that the berries are fuzzy and so never really appear to be "in focus," or they might have been waving slightly with a breeze.
That said, it's hard to see anything that really is in focus, so you might want to try a sharpening program to bring up the detail a bit more.
Unfortunately, my eye has trouble finding a place to settle. There is no real point of interest, and the subject just sort of runs off the edge on the top and left. I can't see any intent in your cropping and composition decisions. All this leads me to wonder what the photo is actually about?
Posted: 09/16/2024 21:02:05
It is what it is. Why do we need to direct the viewers eyes to a particular. Let the viewers choose what they like from the picture as whole. The platter. A different thinking from western approach. If you go to India, you will given all the courses of meal together, simultaneously. It is upto the person to choose what he wants to eat and in
which order...very unlike the western approach where courses of meal are served one after another in the order defined by the chef. Posted: 09/18/2024 06:38:46
which order...very unlike the western approach where courses of meal are served one after another in the order defined by the chef. Posted: 09/18/2024 06:38:46
I understand, and my input is not mean to criticize the image from a creative standpoint, but rather point out what the judges are likely to think in a competition. That is, after all, the nature of this group.
Lillian Posted: 09/18/2024 15:54:23
Lillian Posted: 09/18/2024 15:54:23
That's OK. I am fine with it. It is a legitimate perspective and way to see.
Given what you say, Judges may need to open up to more global approach to aesthetics. Posted: 09/18/2024 16:02:22
Given what you say, Judges may need to open up to more global approach to aesthetics. Posted: 09/18/2024 16:02:22
You provide a different approach with the "platter" idea, but you have only one type of food. I personally find the subject confusing as it seems more of a snapshot rather than a nature photography subject. I find that I am more successful in competitions with a clearer representation of the subject that reflects the photographer's intent on displaying the subject in a natural setting.
To illustrate my point, I copied your image, enlarged it 4X (to get enough pixels to work with), sharpened it and then cropped it in a possible location for me (it could have been in any of 20-30 places) to show the structure and details of the subject.
I think you may be more successful in nature photography using this technique.
What are your thoughts?
Posted: 09/28/2024 23:08:11
To illustrate my point, I copied your image, enlarged it 4X (to get enough pixels to work with), sharpened it and then cropped it in a possible location for me (it could have been in any of 20-30 places) to show the structure and details of the subject.
I think you may be more successful in nature photography using this technique.
What are your thoughts?
Posted: 09/28/2024 23:08:11
Platter approach is how I thpught of this photo and is of my taste. What you did is what I could have done ,cut many such slices from the photo itself. I didn't do that. That being said your approach is also good too...when something is beyond snapshot then choice is very personal...there are other approaches ..for example if you see paintings from China -Japan the approach is minimalist... idea, conception and understanding of aesthetics
Varies around the world..really there is no one way... Posted: 09/29/2024 09:21:37
Varies around the world..really there is no one way... Posted: 09/29/2024 09:21:37