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Janet Brien
Canon 5D Mark II
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Oregon
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(Photography Chat!) Abstract Beauty: Deteriorated Orange Safety Tape on Plastic Netting

(Photography Chat!) Abstract Beauty: Deteriorated Orange Safety Tape on Plastic Netting
I've been taking/making pictures now for several years, and after 100,000 pictures*, I can offer at least one bit of solid advice: EXPERIMENT! Take pictures of things you don't think will work out! Take pictures of subjects that look strange! Think about how you would normally take a picture and then try to take it another way. More often than not, you will be surprised at the results. I can't tell you how many times I've mumbled to myself, "Oh brother, this is a bad idea, it's going to look terrible." But I take the picture. Different angles. Different distances. Different apertures. And I almost always end up being amazed at the interesting results!

When I let the dogs out this morning, I looked up towards the sun and saw some plastic netting shining with melted frost and thought it might be a cool picture. I brought out my camera and could see that my initial images weren't going to work out. So I got closer. Tried some different ideas, and then I noticed a piece of orange safety tape tied to the netting that had deteriorated in the weather and was now just a knot of odd plastic. Now that WAS interesting and made a very nice focal point. I started playing with the distance, angle, and aperture to play with the light dancing on the netting. In the end, I found that a good half dozen of the pictures I made were keepers, but this one in particular is my favorite. I decided on a 16x9 ratio to add to the uniqueness of this image. To stand back, all you would see is a boring, nothing of sagging plastic net with sun shining on it. But with some experimenting, I ended up with an image that, I hope, is far from boring! :)

*this number is so high because I take sets of apertures and angles for most subjects. The number of subjects I've photographed is FAR less...40-50k? I don't know! :D

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6 comments - The latest ones
 Julien Rappaport
Julien Rappaport club
Bien prise .
11 years ago.
 cortomaltese91
cortomaltese91 club
very beautiful !
11 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Very nice indeed and excellent advice. Strangely enough, at first glance this reminded me of an exotic tropical fish. (Must be late at night...:))
11 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
Don Sutherland club
Fantastic shot and bokeh.
11 years ago.
 Stan Askew
Stan Askew club
very interesting shot ... well seen and photographed!
seen in Code of Excellence - Flora
11 years ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
Well seen photo opportunity here, Janet. Love the main colour and the use of shallow depth of field.
11 years ago.

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