Title from an old Paul Simon song. Close-up of my neighbor's flowers being sprinkled.
I like the vertical blooms paralleling the lines of the water and overall "impressionistic" look this yielded. Almost straight out of the camera.
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By Paul Simon:
Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Through the corridors of sleep
Past shadows dark and deep
My mind dances and leaps in confusion
I don't know what is real
I can't touch what I feel
And I hide behind the shield of my illusion
So ... I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end
And flowers never bend with the rainfall
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Hmmm...I like it, bold color contrasts are the strong point. Abstracts are tough for mass appeal, perhaps if there was some sort of interesting pattern to ease the eyes. I think the eyes just tire out searching for something.
It saddens me to think that this was so easily dismissed by some. This is a great impression of the interaction between light and rain. Don't be disheartened!
Well, I was one of your three 8's. Talk about an underrated photo. When a nice piece of art like this finishes at 3.8 it makes me want to run screaming in the streets. Keep the great stuff coming!
this should never have finished so low.
OK, it's not a top tenner, but it looks as though it is raining, which is more that can be said for some of the shots.
And it's clearly not a snap shot, unlike some of the others.
Theres just too much confusion here in this photo. The flash against the glass also distracts.
No flash, no glass -- just OOF shot of flowers being watered, with bright overhead sunlight.
Originally posted by Chez:
Good Abstract, flowers? Certainly gives an overall quality of rain, almost looks like a Monet painting
Thanks, that was the effect I saw in this too -- I've never really done it before without using a filter, but this one is basically straight out of the camera. With this particular subject, I liked the OOF effect.
I like the colors, but the image is too blurred for me to really make much sense of it. From an abstract perspective, the balance is appealing, but I'm not sure it has the pop it needs to stand alone in this manner.
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