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This Month’s Theme: Random
“To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.”
― Edward Weston
Link of the Month: Rules are (sometimes) made to be broken.
Bob’s Random
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Random
I’ll update the links to previous flogs in a future posting of FFF.
What a great set, Bob, especially the first one — the composition is just perfect.
Thanks Andi, there were a bunch of really good chalk artists at this event. There’s probably a few more shots fit for future FFF’s somewhere.
I like that one too. Any 3-D artists there? Those things amaze me.
Agree with Andi – love the first one, how you framed it. Nice set Bob!
The first one is spectacular! Great job!
Frost flowers (click for larger version)
Greenbrier (click for larger version)
Frozen bubbles (click for larger version)
I`ll be back shortly after dinner & hope I remember what part of the code to delete, but I`ll get it.
It is “Random” right.
AndiF
The last one when at the larger view looks like a village of Domes.
Domesville.
I’ll never tire of the frost curls. Nice shots.
I never tire of the frosty flowers. Another marvel of nature.
Beautiful set Andi. Love, love, love the bubbles!
Love the frozen bubbles. They look absolutely surreal.
The first one has a Sistine Chapelesque feel – great capture.
stick figure
icy points
pointy ice
brood chambers
Randomness is really hard. Just ask anyone trying to do cryptography. Just ask the NSA that depends on how hard it is.
Nice wintery set, pointy ice is a nice contrasty piece.
I like pointy ice too. Reminds me of my salt water fishing days for some strange reason.
Agree, the pointy ice is lovely.
The warm palette you and Andi both get with your wintry shots is wonderful — the beiges and browns and subtle reds/oranges. Your magical woods?! 🙂
JimF,
Very nice points especially the white one.
I`ve been very busy & should have posted pix of a more recent period.
I thought it might be mean though to post all the flowers blooming here presently & the strawberries are delicious.
Here`s one that might fit the mood though.
The “snow”is drifting in my lower back yard & the temp is down to about 75 degrees.
Note my old manual tractor in the foreground.
Taken this past Sunday.
Slieghbells in the Snow
Hundreds of Hibiscus
Sunset
From our Dining room
Mini Bananas
Great set. The stick figure looks great. Is that snow? Looks almost like sand, kinda grainy.
Brown Bagging It
A coral Banded Shrimp attempting to steal food from an Elephant Ear Coral that has closed around its food.
Light Bulb
Fluoresceing
Where`s Waldo
Black & Colored
Black & Blood
A little frog that is in a large red plastic bucket.
Pac-Man Poppy
Guardian
Green Eyed Lady
Bwwaaahh
Cold Nightmare
Long Lost Lady & the Blues
My Rescues
IRIS (Rescued as a little baby)
Backing Off
Color Chart
Black Magic
Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
Hawkfish & Green Bubble Coral
Preflight Check
(side)
(front)
Powder Blue
Morning Ritual
Here a little series reflecting the title.
Ohh My
Sunsets
I proudly post many sunsets online because they Happen here, most frequently in the winter.(so you can expect more, cause t`is the season).
I take single shots of the sunsets, but I also take multiple shots of the same sunsets in a sequence.
Here is a sequence pile of 10.
And here the finished sunset I make using only an eraser & a move tool.
Another sample.
Make your own scenes.
Knuckle`s Tow
An example of giving life to your subject, ironically, in this example it`s a Death Mask.
Life Mask
What Do You Think Of Evolution
Using a large piece of poster board accentuates the subject & eliminates at time distracting backgrounds.
Almost There
Posing for Scents
Fun With Baskets
(Here I was yelling at them to not even think of putting those baskets on their heads.
Nocturnal Wingspread
Spirograph Sunflower
Purple & Orange Fungia (a coral)
Fly Me to the Moon
Full Moon Owl
Night Time Powder Puffs
Pretty Woman
Tiny Tim
Eye to Eye
Sandy
Coconut
(I rescued my great buddy over 15 years ago)
False Fruit Reflected
Walnut Table
One of my tables. I build only one of each of my designs.
This one is in a beach cottage I`d just about completed at the time I took the image.
Beach Cottage View
From inside the beach cottage
Banan Ap eel
For a little humor & to gain Ps tool dexterity, have some fun.
If your not having fun, you`re doing it wrong.
One more thing.
If the eye of my subjects are not in focus, I consider them useless
A little Blenny
(Cough cough, Andif)
Pasting subjects into unusual things will generate interest. Be creative.
It`s free.
Boxcar Willie
Make things happen
Eggplant
Timepiece
Make little things look big (There`s that egg again, & the mantle clock)
Bring subjects out of frame.
Black & White
Escaping Confines
That`s All Folks
Wow KNUCKLEHEAD – that’s some pretty darn good stuff there! Really like the eel in the peel.
Wow, there are so many great photos (cough*blenny*cough) but “Purple & Orange Fungia” is just so spectacular I had to give it special recognition.
And that table is gorgeous.
Woah! What a post! Keep the sunsets comin’, nice table too.
Wonderful set! Missed seeing your photos Head, so glad to see you posting today. Love all the colour and differing subjects, especially the sunsets and the cactus flowers. Awesome!
A truly amazing set. The baby bird photos and pac man poppy are my favorites!
Sentinel
Speedy exit
(scan from Ektachrome 400 35mm slide)
Birch Bayh out on the stump
What’s down there?
Christmas campfire
Indianadem,
I love the Pumpkin Pie shot
What I wouldn’t give for a few more Birch Bayhs (too bad the apple did fall far from the tree). And a whole lot more Andy Jacobs (there’s a lot to mourn in his passing).
I had the great privilege to go campaigning with Birch back in 2006. He’s just a great guy, I saw him as rather like an ideal grandpa would be.
Looks like we’ll need that fire next week. Did you find Sentinel that way? There was a similar monument where my grandfather is buried that always carries flowers.
Yes, the flowers were there. The cemetery is a small, back road spot on the way to my favorite orchard where I shot the pumpkins. Sentinel was restored several years ago after a vandalism incident. There are two brothers buried there, both WWI KIA I think.
Love the colour and warmth in the last two photos!
That Birch Bayh portrait is really good. Well done!
Solidly in the grey/white/drab season here, so went back to the warmer months and pulled together some yellow, pink, purple, and green.
Click for larger
Olivia,
I just love your Quilt of Qolor
One of the quilt patches reminded me of this one;
Brazilian Trim
Sigh.
amazing flowers and so colorful. can’t wait for spring. maybe it’s because of the darkness of winter that I’ve gotten so much into shooting black and white.
Beautiful collage, we still have a few today, the hard freeze will get them tonight.
Old Quaker Bottle
Post prohibition due to writing on bottle “Federal Law Prohibits Sale or Re-Use of This Bottle”
Bottle and cap are intact, however no contents, sorry to say!
Bottle Found Here
Very likely the Old Quaker bottle was left here several decades ago.
Sundog Sunrise This Morning
Never thought of old quakers as an inspiration for brewing booze.
That is a beautiful sunset shot — the sundog is a spiffy touch but it would still be gorgeous without it.
Hey NDD,
Very nice sundog shot. Beautiful & lonely.
My question is how did you empty the bottle without disturbing the top?
I’ve recently started using the creative settings on my camera and have really gotten into using the dynamic monochrome setting which turns out great black and white shots. Below are ten random examples. All my photos can be seen on my flickr account. If you like you can also check out my photography website which I set up a couple of months ago.
Please click for larger images.
Four photos from Maastricht, Netherlands:
Sittard, Netherlands:
Frankfurt, Germany:
And four shots from Berlin, Germany:
Really interesting use of b&w, Sven. I particularly like the kitchen utensils photos for the way the b&w makes the reflections both more prominent and more austere and the mannequin photos for the surreal feel that the extremes of light and dark give it.
Sven,
I also thought the utensil shot as my favorite,
I like the “spun” hourglass on the bottom of one of them.
The next was the street scene which is reflected in a street marker/viewer.
I shall now go check out your website.
Sven,
Very impressive website.
I`m now a follower.
Thanks, I appreciate it!
The first, second, and last are favorites because of the extraordinary contrast of light and dark. Nice set, thanks for posting and the comment up-thread, much appreciated.
BobX,
Thank you for hosting such a great FFF.
I love the clown lady.
Then when you click on it, it`s even better.