Chris Calohan
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Chris Calohan: Day Lily
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Abstractions from Fowers
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Chris Calohan: Day Lily
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Chris has kindly consented to his wonderful macro photograph of a Day Lily being used as the stimulus for a new collection of "abstractions based on flowers of any kind".
Sometimes, we are able to photograph objects such that the views offered are so novel that we can be transported to unrelated matters. Here's such a case, The male parts of the flower are so well photographed that they appear to be energized and sensual. So I thought it would be a great start to finding pictures that drift from just being flowers to allow the mind to wander and wonder.
So here's an invitation for more abstractions of flowers.
Asher
Sometimes, we are able to photograph objects such that the views offered are so novel that we can be transported to unrelated matters. Here's such a case, The male parts of the flower are so well photographed that they appear to be energized and sensual. So I thought it would be a great start to finding pictures that drift from just being flowers to allow the mind to wander and wonder.
So here's an invitation for more abstractions of flowers.
Asher
Chris Calohan
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Mimosa
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Wolfgang Plattner
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delicate balance
Hi,
their life doesn't last very long, wind often takes away their tender foliages too early. But they give us wonderful impressions of tenderness and color.
Hi,
their life doesn't last very long, wind often takes away their tender foliages too early. But they give us wonderful impressions of tenderness and color.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This is a treasure, Wolfgang!
Asher
Asher
Michael Nagel
Well-known member
Wolfgang - this is indeed delicate.
Poppies are special.
Best regards,
Michael
Poppies are special.
Best regards,
Michael
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
On it's own, Chris, this would be enjoyable, but with these multiple water droplets as lenses, it's enchanting and splendid too.
Asher
Andy brown
Well-known member
What a great thread.
Exquisite images.
Well done guys.
Exquisite images.
Well done guys.
Tom dinning
Registrant*
Love them all. Pure eye candy.
It's like another landscape in there.
It's like another landscape in there.
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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Far beyond candy, this is a feast! How could you have kept back these treats!
Asher
Andy brown
Well-known member
Lovely stuff Tom.
Really nice.
Really nice.
jake klein
Member
Not sure if this fits the criteria as it's not a flower but a weed.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Jake Kllein: "Untitled"
Jake,
Being untitled, we're allowed to think any way we wish. It's actually very literal and then more metaphoric with the idea of imprisonment. The dandelion is seemingly, caged in by the wire. however, the seeds are never imprisoned so easily. They fly away with a puff of air, stick to things and have a new life somewhere else.
Asher
Certainly, this
Tom dinning
Registrant*
Its too cold to go outside today. 15deg C this morning. I'll go through the old files and see what I can find.
Lots of flowers. Must have been in a good mood that day.
Lots of flowers. Must have been in a good mood that day.
Andy brown
Well-known member
Woah! break out the balaclavas.
I was in Darwin in the winter way back when.
18 degree mornings and it was jumpers all round.
Here, we've gone subzero already but still pulling 19-20 degree crystal clear, still days.
I'm a snake, love the heat, I'll retire to the equatorial tropics but for now another winter to negotiate.
Love the first shot with the opposable thumb. Cool.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This is good work, tom! I love the limited focus and the effect of hands grasping.
Asher
Wolfgang Plattner
Well-known member
Hi Tom,
those treasuries among the old files are amazing!
those treasuries among the old files are amazing!
fahim mohammed
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Maggie Terlecki
Moderator
this is beautiful, Fahim. Would look amazing printed on canvas on a wall, really big! It makes me think of a smoke preset I have for lightroom, how did you achieve this effect?
Maggie
fahim mohammed
Well-known member
Thanks Maggie. I honestly don't have the foggiest!! Just some blend layers and a brush.
Regards.