Albert1434 Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Wow Huge virus spike in Australia have a care Bucket 2 2
Page Scrawler Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, Albert1434 said: Aloha Page Hey, Albert. 3 1
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Popular Post Bucket1 Posted July 31, 2020 Popular Post Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Albert1434 said: Wow Huge virus spike in Australia have a care Bucket It’s on the other side of the country but we are all watching very carefully. It would be too easy for it to happen here 3 1 2
Bucket1 Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 Good night everyone. It’s time for me to snuggle with my pillow 4
Headstall Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Albert1434 said: Aloha All Aloha, Albert! 3 1
Popular Post Headstall Posted July 31, 2020 Popular Post Posted July 31, 2020 55 minutes ago, Bucket1 said: Good night everyone. It’s time for me to snuggle with my pillow Like ships passing in the night... sleep well, Bucket. 1 5
Marty Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Albert1434 said: Aloha All G'day, young man! 4
Marty Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Bucket1 said: Good night everyone. It’s time for me to snuggle with my pillow G'night (again), bro! Sweet dreams. 3 1
Popular Post Marty Posted July 31, 2020 Popular Post Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) I decided to focus on the vegetable plot this time for my 18th week of trying to upload one new black and white photograph every week for a full year... Spoiler I have to say that I'm not totally happy with how it turned out. Edited July 31, 2020 by Marty Flipping typos! 2 5
Site Administrator Popular Post Valkyrie Posted July 31, 2020 Site Administrator Popular Post Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Marty said: I decided to focus on the vegetable plot this time for my 18th week of trying to upload one new black and white photograph every week for a full year... Hide contents I have to say that I'm not totally happy with how it turned out. I really like it. I like the skewed lines and contrast between the shades of gray. 5 1
Popular Post Headstall Posted August 1, 2020 Popular Post Posted August 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Marty said: I decided to focus on the vegetable plot this time for my 18th week of trying to upload one new black and white photograph every week for a full year... Hide contents I have to say that I'm not totally happy with how it turned out. I lie it too. It's geometric, with an alien insectoid aspect. Seriously, I think it has drama and depth as well. Would look good larger and on a wall. 6 1
Popular Post Marty Posted August 1, 2020 Popular Post Posted August 1, 2020 12 hours ago, Valkyrie said: I really like it. I like the skewed lines and contrast between the shades of gray. 9 hours ago, Headstall said: I lie it too. It's geometric, with an alien insectoid aspect. Seriously, I think it has drama and depth as well. Would look good larger and on a wall. Cheers, Val and Gary! I think sometimes I may just be too self-critical. 5 1
Site Administrator Popular Post Valkyrie Posted August 1, 2020 Site Administrator Popular Post Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Marty said: Cheers, Val and Gary! I think sometimes I may just be too self-critical. We're our own worst critics 6
Popular Post dughlas Posted August 1, 2020 Popular Post Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Marty said: I decided to focus on the vegetable plot this time for my 18th week of trying to upload one new black and white photograph every week for a full year... Hide contents I have to say that I'm not totally happy with how it turned out. I like it. First, because we rarely take time to actually look at such mundane things as onions growing in the garden ... the detail. The crumbly texture of the soil complete with small pebbles. The smooth surface of the of the onion greens, the papery skin of the bulb. The leaves of the tiny weeds, the delicate fronds of the grasses, the veining of the bean leaves. There is so much here to see. Also, the varying intensity of light and dark, it's almost stark, yet so alive. Edited August 1, 2020 by dughlas 2 4
dughlas Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 13 hours ago, Valkyrie said: I really like it. I like the skewed lines and contrast between the shades of gray. 11 hours ago, Headstall said: I lie it too. It's geometric, with an alien insectoid aspect. Seriously, I think it has drama and depth as well. Would look good larger and on a wall. I can envision it enlarged and hanging on the wall of a garden center or farm market. 2 3
Marty Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 9 minutes ago, Valkyrie said: We're our own worst critics 4
Popular Post Marty Posted August 1, 2020 Popular Post Posted August 1, 2020 (edited) 59 minutes ago, dughlas said: First, because we rarely take time to actually look at such mundane things as onions growing in the garden ... the detail. The crumbly texture of the soil complete with small pebbles. The smooth surface of the of the onion greens, the papery skin of the bulb. Thanks, bro. That's actually what made me decide to take the photograph - the commonplace - and the fact that its beauty can often be overlooked, just because it's common; so common that it's often not even seen. There's an artist/photographer connected with the same camera club that runs these 52/52 challenges each year, who had a reasonably successful exhibition in Ireland a few years ago, with the title something along the lines of: Beauty in the Commonplace. It was looking at some of her work that gave me the urge to look again at commonplace objects and try to capture the intrinsic beauty in them. I also find that macro-photography can often bring out the not normally seen inner beauty of everyday objects. And a black and white conversion can also do the same, as sometimes too many colours can actually take away from the main focus of the image. Edited August 1, 2020 by Marty Clarification 1 5
Headstall Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Marty said: Cheers, Val and Gary! I think sometimes I may just be too self-critical. Aren't we all. Hey, bro. 4 1
Headstall Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Valkyrie said: We're our own worst critics Hi, Val. 4 1
Headstall Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 1 hour ago, dughlas said: I like it. First, because we rarely take time to actually look at such mundane things as onions growing in the garden ... the detail. The crumbly texture of the soil complete with small pebbles. The smooth surface of the of the onion greens, the papery skin of the bulb. The leaves of the tiny weeds, the delicate fronds of the grasses, the veining of the bean leaves. There is so much here to see. Also, the varying intensity of light and dark, it's almost stark, yet so alive. Beautifully described. Hey, bro! I hope it's a good day for you. My daughter brings my groceries this afternoon, so I get some social interaction. 5
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