Composition 5 by jcv2

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jul 08, 2005

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Since black and white photography has made place for photography in full color we have to deal with those colors. Contrasting colors like yellow and blue work fine like this clusius's gentian (Gentiana clusii). Color-combinations can be made of contrasting colors or colors in the same tonal range. Black and white photography is still in use and it emphasizes the other composition-rules a bit more, but using color-filters (or even a simple polarization-filter) photographers can also add a special mood to pictures (I'd call that moodifying :). Nevertheless I prefer the most natural way of shooting, photo's that represent reality just as it is. Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments Minolta X-700 (Agfa CT 100, 70 mm)

Comments (30)

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PeeWee05

2:49AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

JC I'm got to agree with you on this one. I also enjoy pics taken as are. Yet I do really apprecitate, enhanced images and B/W too. Lovely capture BTW.

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1pearl

2:59AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

Beautiful flower !

vlaaitje

3:02AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

such a wonderful delight blue

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sharky_

3:04AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

I haven't tried filters. Like to keep the picture to the orignal as I saw it without adjustment. Then again, I'm new to the game. Aloha

pimbotin

3:48AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

There is "reality just as it is", you're right. But there is also "reality as it could have been". Explanation: Everybody knows USA western parks, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, etc... If you're lucky an go there on a day where humidity allows you to catch all the depth of these incredible colors, you'll get this kind of deep red and blue shots we all know. But if you're there and stay at these places for 3 weeks with a never-ending anticyclonic weather (like we did 3 years ago), all your shots will be burnt by the sun and all look the same. If you play with colors cursors at postwork time with these shots in order to get something closer to what you would have had another day, you're not really cheating and creating an imaginary world, 'cause this world exists. Anyway, you're right, reality is always better...

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kimariehere

3:50AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

AWESOME WORK!! ... stunning in blue!!

BorisB

4:21AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

What a strong blue! Great composition!

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Akinom

4:24AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

The blue is so delightful! Yes, me too, I prefer photos which represent reality just as it is. But sometimes I it pushes me to fiddle around filters and change to sepia or b/w... always astonished by the results, how the mood changes. Awesome work, my friend! *****

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DELMUR

6:28AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

Reality or not ,in a photo: we see only the result!In my pics, it's reality, but light is done with news papers to reflect the light ;no flash!others use flash for the light.Who i s right?And what is reality?BW for sure is not reality!And with digital,REALITY......

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Chaos911

6:33AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

wow, super excellent work!!!

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tallpindo

6:58AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

This one almost didn't work. You have to be hypnotized and enter the tunnel to appreciate the subtle way it shares focus.

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herbstliebe

7:15AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

wow, what a fantastisch creation of nature.

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cryptojoe

8:42AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

this is a Stunning Macro I would like to see on a greeting card.

deannemart

8:49AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

What a beautiful blue flower! Very nice with the sprinkling of yellow pollen on the lower petals :)

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jacro

9:22AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

magnifique bleu,j'ai pris en photo il y 15jours les mes gentianes au col de la Lombarde cde la station Isola 2000,tu la verras prochainement dans ma galerie,excellente photo!

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iaacf

9:30AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

Sigh.. wish I had this Gentian in my garden.. again.. lost it.

ana-maria

9:51AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

WOW...love this blue. Really a fantastic composition!

kastakan

11:09AM | Fri, 08 July 2005

Absolutely gorgeous blue you've captured there. It really caought my eye whilst scrolling through the thumbnails. Kastakan

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WiserAngel

3:17PM | Fri, 08 July 2005

WOW That is REALLY blue! It's fantastically blue!!!! I adore it!

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LadyLisa

6:27PM | Fri, 08 July 2005

Lovely capture. I love the colors. Excellent work!

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nongo

2:22AM | Sat, 09 July 2005

Love the blue too!!!! I also try to keep the image as natural as possible, but sometimes you might just need a minor adjustment to make the image really pop!!!!!! *****

tvernuccio

8:44AM | Sat, 09 July 2005

Whoa! is this really the color of that flower??? i never saw one so blue in nature!!! Cool! even has some purple in it!!! i like what's in nature but i also like to change things to show the way i see the world too! :)

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Punaguy

1:29PM | Sat, 09 July 2005

Differing views on this lesson, but that's how we view our world. Each to his own taste. I also like a natural taken photo, but sometimes by the time you have PW it, you might as well have used a filter to obtain the effect in the first place. This image is just awesome in color...so deep and rich...Aloha~

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watapki66

12:13AM | Sun, 10 July 2005

Wonderful saturation of colors, excellent detail!

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maggiemai

3:03AM | Mon, 11 July 2005

Such a beautiful blue!! Ahhh...I can breathe again now that you have brought us back down to ground level. :-)) Great lessons...thank you so much!! I'm sorry these comments are so late. Just returned from vacation. :-)

parb1194

8:06AM | Mon, 11 July 2005

Intence color.....Excellent!!!!

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