Fotos

melmcree (18) 2007-05-25 20:07

The oversharpening effect makes it seem like a drawing, and I love it. The colors are so rich but I've seen cactus that look this vibrant so I think its absolutely the way you "saw" the subject. I think its great Stan! P.S. thanks for noticing my comment yesterday, it made me feel cool. :-)

dvlazar (6662) 2007-05-25 20:40

It really does look like artwork, if I hadnt read the note I would have thought that it was a picture of a painting! Its an interesting effect.
Regards,
dave

ls7902 (7380) 2007-05-25 20:59

Hello Stan,
A colorful photo of this cacti & they are all packed together. Do they grow on rocks? I found similarly looking cacti while hiking in Switzerland last autumn. Regards. Latiff.

grantlp (2113) 2007-05-25 23:04

Hi Stan,
Everything you did with this has worked well....composition and the resulting colours are great. Lokks like a painting. Well done.
Cheers Grant

happypoppeye (4819) 2007-05-26 0:07

Very interesting photo. It is a great abstract with really good color. It almost looks like a photo of a painting. I think the oversharpening works but I would like to see a version that isn't also, just to compare. Really nice work.

miumiu (6117) 2007-05-26 1:57

Ver nice shot! A real "Cactus Abstract"!

carper (96) 2007-05-26 2:13

a fanstic abstract painting Stan,
fantastic colours and very nice work you did, good frame and nice photojob. This is for a gallery, have a nice weekend.
gr. jaap

danyy (0) 2007-05-26 2:39

C'est très joli et graphique comme composition, Stan.
Beaucoup de couleurs, mais bien assorties et qui se mélangent très bien.
C'est une photo astucieusement cadrée.

Have a great week-end.
Daniel.

Floydian (30970) 2007-05-26 6:37

Hi Stan,
Looks almost like a painting. That so called oversharpen does not really bothers me, i think it makes this image even stronger and gives it more a painting look.
Wonderful composed in an excellent framing...really good.
Have a nice weekend, Henk

teutza (10590) 2007-05-27 13:02

HY Stan,
well this is indeed an interesting plant1it looks like a paint!
good crop and frame!
teo

berseph (1758) 2007-05-30 0:03

Well done Stan; it looks as if it could be a painting. I really like how the cactus fills up the frame, and it forms a really interesting pattern (isn't nature amazing).

emjleclercq (15778) 2007-05-30 17:07

The diversity of colors are amazing here and his makes a very rich picture of what is usually not a very colorfull vegetal (aprt from their flowers). Good choice of the large cactus surrounded by smaller ones.

All the best,

Emmanuel

KevRyan (22956) 2007-06-07 16:35

Oh I wish I could say that the last two months or three I have kept up so assidiously with critiqueing - but the first two years I did my best - life just seems quite superheated right now.

I look at images from many different perspectives but my quintessential judgement is about what happens in print - the intenet is a simple rendition of any image - not even a tenth as exciting for me as holding and looking at a medium to large scale image - I have no difficulty whatsoever about placing this amongsrt my favourites this year - whatever you may have done with it sharpening wise - I love it visually and I love the associations which come from it for me - it oscillates between nature's three dimensional masterpiece to two dimensional design, the colours are wonderful and excite my senses. I find it as inspiring as the most opulant arts designed and craft produced wallpaper design, as translucent as a a jewel encrusted crown and as fascinating mathematically as so many other remarkable natural phenomena ........beautiful!!!

best wishes Kev

gunbud (34066) 2008-03-03 21:21

Hi Stan,
Wonderful macro with exceptional color combination and marvelous details your thorny subject. The color plants look much like cabbage but I'm sure they do not go well with corn beef.
Regards, Tom

delucap (4) 2008-12-10 5:40

Amazing colours and vibrancy. The composition is perfect. I love the central big one. It would be good to compare it to the unsharpened image. They look good enought to eat.