Conformity
by Lon Overacker
Thanks everyone for your comments and observations on my reflection image.
So now if you'll indulge me, I'd like to return to more grass. Can't have enough grass ya know. You may recognize this one as it's the same area as one my previous grass images. I recall someone mentioning several alternative crops within that last image. It's the one called "Diversity" I think. Very observant whoever said that. I felt the same way at the time - I was so engaged in this patch of grasses I had found I worked it from different angles and comps. So this one is not a crop from another image, this one is basically full frame of a whole new composition. I chose this one not for the variety of different grasses and colors, but more for the consistency, or conformity. My only regret is not having placed the lone vertical grass head more towards the dark area. But anyway, I thought conformity now because of how virtually every stalk of grass is leaning, bending, curving all in the same direction. Very interesting, why is it not more random? The wind? Just makes me curious.
Enough, always too much info Lon.... just let the image speak for goodness sake. Your comments, critiques always welcome.
Nikon 800E
Nikon 28-300VR @90mm
f/16, 4-image focus stack
Tony Kuypers masks and actions.
Thanks for looking!
Comments
14 commentsNothing really to improve upon here ... a fine image.
Peter
Ed
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Albert Darmo
Canada
The flow of the grasses is a wonderful aspect of this scene, and there is such a quiet delicate nature to this image I rather enjoy. I am going back and forth with playing around with the darks and lights in the luminosity masks to bring out a bit more in the grasses. Maybe it is me, but i think just a tad bit tweaked with the maybe shadow darks and bright lights could bring out a bit more in the grasses .On the same lines of Preston.s thoughts, but with some tweaks to the shadows as well.
small stuff in regards to a really beautiful image.