Bog Life

I love intimate, abstract images like this Tom. Wonderful graphic qualities and color.

Shows very well on the web, Tom. I like the frame filling color and textures. The spring green star shaped mosses make the image. Well seen and presented.

An appealing abstract to me, Tom. I like the vivid character with the complementary colors and shapes.

Peter

Interesting composition with the crispness and contrasts in color and form, to reiterate what has been said.
Interesting how the mind construes an image like this, perhaps as an abstract; it reminded me of a constellation of stars.

The moss definitely holds the eye in the frame, but I always notice edges for whatever reason, and it occurred to me that perhaps a thin monochrome "frame", a strike of black, could help to relieve the tension of the open edges. Just a thought realizing that perhaps you want the expansive feeling along the edges. Or maybe a bit more vignette. Anyway, I enjoyed viewing it as-is.

Postscript: I just went back and had another look at your image and the edges, and I can now see why you would want to be careful in not altering them. There is this little emergent plant at the bottom center and some things around the edges that the mind interprets as maybe a skull, especially in the lower right. And there are some interesting things going on in the upper left corner too.

So I think it's perfect as-is.

Great looking star burst looking plant life, Tom. The composition works really neat as we glance back and forth around the entire scene looking at the individual green plants with the crimson back drop.

Very cool abstract-like image!! Great colors and color contrast. I like this a lot.

Tom,

Wow, what a great find! The arrangement of the neon-green little micro-yuccas (for lack of knowledge of these things,) is wonderful! This is excellent! Great color, texture and detail.

Very minor suggestion. If it were mine, I would shave off just a little off the left to make the green thingy in the ULC be a little more equidistant on the top and left - if that makes sense. Or in other words, the left edge is just repeating info not adding any value and actually making look left. By cropping a little bit from the left I think the intimate scene is more comfortably framed. Just my thought, hope it makes sense.

Lon

Very nice image Tom. I like the arrangement of the green star shaped plants. The colors are fascinating.

Super cool. What wonderful contrasts and textures. What is the scale of this. Looks big here, but I wonder if could see it without my glasses or a macro lens.

Thank you everyone for the nice comments. Per Lon's suggestion, here is a slight crop from the left. Yes, I agree that this does keep your eye in the photo a little more. Also, I adjusted the color just a tad to more closely resemble the original scene. For TK, this was shot with a 105 mm macro on a full-frame Nikon. The area covered is about 10-12 inches across. Just a small world, but it sure was neat.

Sweet! The mind could wander while exploring the rich detail and yet remain grounded by the nicely arranged green stars.

Neat looking abstract, the larger version is especially nice. I like how well the green moss stands out against the background here.

Tom, This is super cool! Really enjoyed seeing your larger version. Repost looks great!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

nice color and texture. I find this interesting and quite engaging

Amazing way the green grabs your eye with that red background. Lovely Tom, this one works well for me.

Love this Tom! Very well seen! The comp, colors, and textures are excellent.