The beauty of the world as seen through a camera’s lens. I’ve found over the years that a simple photo walk opens one to the amazing beauty of the world…seen as if it is the first time.
The art of photography transforms a current photograph to an image that looks as if it was created during the 1960-1970s.
How a camera’s setting will add a dimension of unique art…
Hop on over to Wandering Dawgs to join a journey through what astonishes you with Beth
One Red Spot
Within today’s Ted Forbes newsletter he introduces a Japanese aesthetic concept: Koh-ltten, which loosely translates to “one red spot.”
One of the techniques Ted’s dad used to balance his landscape composition is to place a dot of color into a negative space. He wrote that it’s almost like a small light, a point of visual interest.
The “red spot” works as a balancing contrast in two ways: color and scale. Its presence is unexpected, but it often functions to anchor the composition. It can be subtle, only noticeable when you’re really analyzing the work. It doesn’t have to be red, and it not restrained to a”dot” or “spot.” The overarching idea is to provide the viewer with a visual anchor – it serves as a point of contrast to the rest of the picture.
In the Japanese aseptic the emphasis is on subtle contrast, A “spot” a moment, a detail of interest or beauty. It doesn’t stand out too much. Think of it as “quiet.” Beauty is contrast displayed with humility.
In closing, I apologize to Patty (pilotfishblog.com) for taking another pathway to illustrate detail within photographs as I was so engaged with Ted Forbes discussion of the Japanese aesthetic concept: Koh-ltten I had an overwhelming desire to explore and share this quiet detail.
Thank you Ted for your willingness to share your journey and in this sharing teach me so much about photography.
This week Patti invites us to explore the various composition elements that invite viewers to focus on the subject : leading lines, patterns, color, contrast, selective focus, freezing the action, doorways or arches, or human/animal eyes.
Be safe. Be well. Be sage.
Karine (Karine Leroux Photography) challenges photographers to find two unrelated shots that have a striking visual similarity – composition, shape(s), dominant color(s)
Generally my editing begins with cropping an image with a “focus” on the points of interest using a crop tool set for either a golden ratio, rectangular, or fibonacci spiral grid. The times when there is a pesky “thing” poking in from the edge(s) which somehow was either ignored or not seen in the camera lens, I will either crop or use a software program to removed the unwanted object.
I like the composition of the first image so kept the image at the original aspect ratio and cropped with a fibonacci spiral grid.
The above image was cropped with a ratio of 6×7 which seemed to invite me to move from a stilled contemplative mood to a sense of an ocean’s dynamic energy.
The monochrome cloud images were created with a Nikon D750 (f/8 1/500s 190mm 400 ISO ) and edited in Silver Efex Pro 2.
This week’s Lens-Artists photo challenge is offered by Patti who discussed the photo editing technique and benefits of cropping the shot followed by, “Show us how cropping helped to improve an image and create a desired effect. Include the shot ‘before’ and ‘after’ so we can see the difference.
Week 44 Composition: Viewpoint (Changing your viewpoint creates a different perspective and is often used by photographers to create interest. Shoot this week from the viewpoint of another person.)
A formal withdrawal is reversible, however, if a future administration chooses to rejoin the Paris Agreement and pick up where the U.S. left off with its emissions reduction promises.
NPR, All Things Considered, Rebecca Hersher, November 4, 2019
A 3-minute listen U.S. Formally Begins to Leave The Paris Climate Agreement, NPR Rebecca Hersher, November 4, 2019
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
In the video below Ibarionex (Candid Frame) discusses how fixed visual elements in a scene allow a photographer to find their compositionIn
The Candid Frame: Seeing the Composition
Week 23 Composition: Leading Lines (You have already used leading lines to show Infinity. Now try to use strong leading lines in food photography.)
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
Image submitted for Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.
Week 8: Composition: leading lines (It is easy to use Leading Lines to show depth in an image or guide the eye to a specific spot in the image. Instead, this week use leading lines to show the concept of infinity.)
a photo study of rhythm created with bricks…
Nikon D750 f/7.1 1/100s 28mm 100 ISO
Nikon D750 f/4 1/320s 28mm 100 ISO
Nikon D750 f/4 1/320s 28mm 100 ISO
Nikon D750 f/4 1/320s 28mm 100 ISO
hop on over to Ben’s photo challenge: Out of This World
a meditative journey 
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