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One of the huge Poppies that grow happily in my garden.
I have wanted to photograph one of them for a while but I needed to do something different....where this came from I don't know but here it is...a Poppy with a difference 
I started with the Poppy in the glass bottle,but it all collapsed & the bottle tried to escape...water everywhere !! I mopped most of the water up but decided to leave the bottle.
Lit with a couple of small light boxes against a light bg.
Dropped on a few textured layers in photoshop.
Work in progress I think here,I feel something is missing but don't know what...suggestions gratefully accepted.
Thanks for taking the time to look/comment.
Janet xx
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 105.0 mm f/2.8 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 18 Jun 2012 - 5:34 PM |
| Focal Length: | 105mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Aperture: | f/16.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 3sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -2.0 |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| Title: | The Great Escape |
| Username: | 
chase |
| Uploaded: | 20 Jun 2012 - 6:21 PM |
| Tags: | Bottle, Cage, Digitally manipulated, Escape, Flash / lighting, Flowers & plants, Poppy, Red, Specialist / abstract |
| Votes: | 36 |
| Modifications Welcome (Upload a Modification) |
Comments
I do hope I'm reading too much into this Janet, bottle (empty !!) unstoppered, out of the cage ...and a very dominant red poppy (or does the poppy signify hope, the first thing to regrow ?)
As for the aesthetics, I'm not keen on bottom right hand corner - it draws the eye out of the frame. And if it is symbolism your after, wouldn't the stopper suffice?
All that aside, I still like the image. Why? well it made me stop and think, not just a still lif but an image with depth, meaning and for that I will give it my UA, which despite been available daily, I only give out once in a blue moon.
Hi Nick,thanks for your coveted UA.
Meanings..... you have most of my inner thoughts correct...the RHS...well...there's the escape into the light but the way is barred ! so,it did it's job in drawing your gaze.The stopper has to be there or else the empty bottle has no significance & just becomes an empty bottle.
There was a real nice blue moon a couple of nights ago
Janet xx
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