* Wednesday C&C "No Theme" Thread #800 / Revived #020 on 2023 08 16 *

Great spontaneous capture.

Being a lover of true sour dough bread this shot really resonates with me. So simple and so effective.

Oh, well done. You have captured the present invasion of technology upon old and beautiful...

Eventhough I like #2 a lot, my vote goes to #3. Love the repetition, colours, shimmering water etc. Brilliant!

Just fantastic (imho). This calm and meticulous capture encompasses all which some people like about photography. Reflection of reality and beauty, among other things...

A question everyone. Is it possible to take a photo of a puffin that people don't like?
The rock gives a good stage for our puffins to line up on. Their white patches and orange bits stand out against the grey behind. The small area of out of focus white foam does a splendid job of linking things together with our heroes and their writings on the rocks.
The group of puffins have generally cooperated by looking towards the main character and once again the various parts of the image are drawn together.
I wish we had puffins in Australia.

Just wow!!! Love your crying man. The whole environment is rather unusual, to say the least. This capture touches us humans on many levels...

Love your fascination with this rock! It certainly has enormous variety of textures, colours, meanings, beauty etc. I could probably spent hours there, attempting to see and feel and capture different angles which just create endless shapes...amazing.

Just great, great shot. Enough said...

Love that natural design. Excellent find and capture.

Just brilliant and humorous.

Priceless capture. Technology is invading spiritual moments...

I can relate to getting into photography because I couldn't draw. It would be nice for me to be able to blame the school system for this but there were other shortcomings closer to home.
This feels like more of a visual game than a photo to be critiqued. "Draw" seems to be a clue but I'm not linking the dots. It's from simplejoy so it's probably macro. There is an extremely narrow dof which suggests macro again with a wideish F stop. I'm guessing at a plastic button but can't add it up with the clues. Help.

Oh, that #1 shot is an absolute winner! Fab.

Oh that green and the mountains and the mist! You certainly captured a dream scene!

Yes, the textures and colors and shapes are the stars here. These are almost abstract in nature. My favorite is the first, which has a co-star, the hardy little plant which is stubbornly thriving in one small crevice of that jigsaw puzzle of rock that's typical of basalt formations. The more you look at basalt formations, the more fascinating they become, with their complex but predictable and visually rhythmic honeycomb structures. This is a place you can find many more images that you haven't even thought of yet.

This is a disturbing, confusing, and impactful image. We are accustomed to seeing cemetery statuary representing grief as a prostrate female figure, usually clad in flowing robes. This piece, while recognizable as such, is far different. The figure is largely unclothed, had neither head nor arms, and seems more modern than most such pieces in graveyards I've seen. Most disturbing, however, is the figure of the man emerging from the stone reaching out as if to comfort her. Clearly he is a modern sculpture, seemingly bronze, outfitted in day clothes and eyeglasses and a modern hairstyle. The whole effect is unsettling and mysterious, yet it is presented in bright realistic colors which contributes to its eeriness. Quite a strong image.

I do think there are some alternate edits that would be no less worthy, and could explore different moods - with more subdued colors palettes.

The first feels confused. The white frothy area at the base is quite large and doesn't have sufficient detail to add meaning. At the same time it doesn't seem to relate to the main lines above.
You'll get used to me saying this, it's a thing of mine and we regularly find that others here don't agree. I'd be cropping. I like the shapes and textures on the vertical radish root like structures and I'd be getting in much closer around those forms.
The same for the last shot. To me, the repetition of the sailboard and rider shapes is what it is all about. Perhaps try zeroing in on it by cropping from left and right and a little off the bottom to a more portrait format that emphasizes the vertical lines of the sailboards. A case might be made for the strong horizontal elements here with the bands created by the sea, hills and sky that are intersected by the sailboards.. If that's the way you see it, consider strengthening the horizontal lines by cutting a bit off the top and bottom to increase the panoramic proportions.