I posted some other snowflake shots over in the macro group, but thought this one was abstract enough to post over here. Panasonic gx85, Olympus 60mm macro, ranox 250, Godox tt685, single image, f10. Any thoughts or CC would be very much appreciated.
Looks like a decorative piece of glass. Love the design (isn't nature wonderful!) and the random bits of colour.
Thanks Nature is wonderful! I think the color is thread. it was taken on a black scarf I think it may fave picked a a few stray threads. it worked out as a happy accident though.
I honestly believe most of my images are happy accidents !!!
In that case, rather than Calamity Jane, you must be Serendipity Jane, Sandra! Just a little careful framing, working out the background, and a few other creative "accidents" there in your images...
Nice one, Troy! Like one of your earlier ones of melting snowflakes, this image looks like mercury to me. The touches of colour enliven it.
In terms of CC, if it's cropped, personally I'd shave a bit off the left, and add a little at the right edge, so that right hand bit has a bit more image space to "point" into, as it feels slightly cramped by the border. Mind you, I'm a bit of an asymmetry zealot!
Playing around with the reframing, I realised it's actually pretty critical, as small shifts make quite a difference. I've also given the top "point" a little more "breathing space" too, and added a tiny bit at the bottom. A bit like this:
Thanks! It is cropped I I turned it many times trying to decide what looked best and for some reason this just seemed right to me. I do see what you're saying about being too tight though. I probably crop a lot of my shots too tight. I just always want to make things look as big and show as much detail as possible. I'll keep that in mind next time.
I agree totally about the orientation, Troy. It looks as if it's sitting on that flattened point, and looking up at the world a bit, like some critter. We tend to instinctively react to a complex shape as if it were a creature without necessarily thinking that, or that it even looks like one. Basic animal survival instincts always operating, even when we're thinking "arty"..