World Photography Day - Mottled Light

Your choice was an inspired one, Laura. The shapes, the brightness and the way it all melds together make this image fresh and vibrant, seemingly the opposite of how you were actually feeling.

Thank you for your hard work in organising the World Photography Day event (along with others, I believe). It's fascinating to learn how others approach the taking of pictures.

Hope you feel better soon.

So glad you like this one! It definitely was opposite from how I was feeling.

Rob (our webmaster) helps me get the word out about our event by posting the banner and reminding me how to do team articles etc. As usual he is the backbone of our club.

We do have a varied group of photographers, and I'm also fascinated with the different styles and approaches.

Today I'm finally on the upswing. Thanks for your well wishes.

The image is vibrant, yet peaceful. Busy, yet still. Abstract yet concrete.
It works beautifully Laura.

Oh, you are so kind. Thank you so much. I love your description of it!

Beautiful golden light and bokeh

Thank you! I love late in the day light.

Suffused with light and energy. As photographers we’re all out there questing for that Holy Grail where ‘ Where any-angled light / Would congregate endlessly.’ - as Philip Larkin wrote.

What a wonderful quote! thanks.

Gorgeous capture and lighting!

Happy World Photography Day!

Thanks, William. Late in the day light is the best in my book.

Beautiful with a fine bokeh !

So glad you like it. Thanks.

Wow,deine Blütenaufnahme ist dir wunderbar gelungen liebe Laura,schön mit diesen Licht auf der Blüte und diesen tollen Bokeh :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,liebe Grüße Güni :))

So happy it pleases you so much! (I'm much happier thinking about this photo than how I was feeling that day. So does photography skew reality? *smile*)

Fotografie lenkt auch immer wieder ab liebe Laura,es ist ein tolles Hobby und für mich auch sehr oft Therapie :))

Wünsche noch ein schönes Wochenende,liebe Grüße Güni :))

peace.

tres joli avec cette lumiere bien maitrisée !!

Thank you so much. I saw this at a distance from my dining room and was drawn to go out to photograph it.

A beautiful floral image with lovely light and selective focus, Laura. Well suited to World Photography Day.

Thank you. I haven't been using my regular digital camera recently, and so for the day I made myself do so. It really is better for me than my phone's camera - as good as that camera is. I like having more control that the Nikon gives me.

Joli cette ombre et lumière bonne journée.

Thanks!

Beautiful light and gorgeous colours..............and I love how the light is making the petals translucent. I really like your out-of-focus background too.

A nice glimpse of you in the secondary image too............sorry to hear you've been under the weather, but I hope you're feeling better today. Take care :-)

That translucence is exactly what drew me out of my house and to the flower to photograph it. I acted quickly as we all know how quickly the sun moves! But I took the time to use manual controls and I think that really helped make this work.

The photo of me? I always look better slightly out of focus or through a hazy curtain. *smile*

Only today feeling past the worst of my illness. It was a sneaky virus, but I'm pretty sure my body has figured it out now. Thanks for checking.

Good to hear you're on the mend Laura. Take care :-)

I love the way the sunlight seems to dance across the flowers, warming the colours and making them glow. A really beautiful image Laura.

Hope you are feeling a little better and nice to see you in the second picture.

Happy World Photography Day

Thank you. It's nice to hear so many people talk about the lighting in this photo as that's what drew me out of the dining room into the yard to take this photo!

I am starting to feel better, thanks.

Wonderful contribution

Thank you!

Sehr schöne Aufnahme.

Thanks. Glad you like it.

Hi Laura
I like this picture very much!
It is a very different and exciting composition of the flowers (and yourself below)
Fantastic colours too
Best Wishes, HWPD,, thank you so much for your efforts with this group, and stay safe!!
Peter

Hi Peter,
So glad you like it so much. It was the light and how it brough out the colors that drew me out of th house to take this photo. It's great that those things seem to come across to people viewing it.

I'm glad to do the group. We are a great community, I love that so many participate in the event.
peace.

well done!

thanks!

Hope you feel better, on top of the clouds the sun always shines, as we say in my country.
Lovely light spots in your main.

Finally getting better today. Thanks. I love that saying - something I have experienced on some of the very few plane rides I've taken. Good to remember while on the ground!

That light is what got me up from my chair to go outside. I'm really glad it comes across to people. The whole point of the photo for me.

Wonderful light and use of DOF Laura Hope you are ok now

Thank you. The light drew me to it, and I made sure to use my 'real' digital camera so I could control the depth of field. Glad you it worked!

I'm heading towards health now, thanks.

So beautiful, the play of light and shadow on these blossoms. And thanks Laura, for organizing this interesting and exciting event, the World Photography Day.

Thank you so much. I'm glad the lighting pleases you - it's why I got up from my chair and went outside to take it - I'd seen it thorugh the window at a distance and had to do it.

I'm so glad you like the event! I do also, that's why I do it. You are very welcome. We have such a great community, it's nice to do something together.

C'est splendide mon amie **************************belle journée !

Merci beaucoup!

paix.

Die Dahlienblüte im Gegenlicht ist dir gut gelungen, liebe Laura! – Schön auch, dass du dein Selbstbildnis hinzugefügt hast. Da kann man doch sehen, wen man anspricht. Vielleicht mache ich das auch noch, wenn ich ein geeignetes Foto finde.
Schöne Grüße – und ein ergiebiges Wochenende wünsche ich dir!

The day had had such flat lighting until this evening moment, that when I saw this happening outside the window I had go outside and take the photo! It really pleases me that people who are viewing the photo are drawn to teh light also.

I see you did add a photo of you to your contribution. I really like seeing that. Who took it?

Meine rumänische Haushälterin, die meine Frau bis zu ihrem Tod gepflegt hat und dann bei mir geblieben ist.

How nice!

The low sun shining through the dahlia petals, and the shallow DOF captures the shades of burnt orange in the flower. A lovely photo. Hope you are feeling a lot better, Laura.

Thank you! I'm finally feeling almost myself, thanks.

Very well done on catching the light on your main subject. I just posted a selfie on my Wednesday walk, a moment when I really did feel 20 years younger. Good to see your selfie effort as well
Hope you are feeling better soon.

Thank you.
I wish my walks were in such beautiful areas as yours (just checked out your selfie).

I'm almost all better, thanks.

The light sparingly illuminating nature (or anything else) bathed in greyness brings a dynamic that's sometimes absent from a subject subjected to constant light, doesn't it?
The bokeh underlines these pretty contrasts and gives your photo a true WPD-like charm.
Your phrase “low energy reflection of myself” makes me smile (knowing you're on the mend)!
Thank you for this authentic description of your motivations, and for your investment in this day.
Happy Sunday, Laura. And a good end of recovery to you.

Thank you so much, Eric. You're very kind.
peace.

très jolie prise de vue avec cette belle lumière et ton portrait est superbe moi je ne suis pas en meilleure forme que toi et j'évite aussi de me prendre en photo ne t'en fais pas belle journée,

So glad you like the flower photo - thank you. And I'm also glad you like my self portrait. Taking more self portraits may be a project for me in the near future. Scares me, but would be good for me.
peace.

il y a un site ici pour les auto-portraits je me souviens plus du nom mais je me souviens que nous étions pas mal d'iperniciens à participer,

I will search for that.

Re. your comment to ''to my W.P.D. picture'' >

Thanks Laura.. yes I always think back on history - looking at the building boulders of castles to the beginnings of life itself,. they saw the same Moon - Stars and Sun as we do today,.and yes,. I went out with the intention of posting this theme for W.P.D..// Keep well ,. and 'Good Wishes' to you - from > Dj... U.K.

(I replied on your photo)

Superb capture.

Thank you, Don. Glad you like it so much!

sprankelende opname

*smile*

A quality photograph, Laura. The mottled light is very beautiful and it really enhances the result. I say that it must be viewed large to appreciate the quality and the perfect mix of colours.
Thank you for all your hard work in making this a successful Group.
A belated Happy World Photography Day, Laura. And, I hope you are feeling a lot better.

You're so kind, Roger. Thank you. And I agree that large is better for this photo.

It's my pleasure to do this event for our club. (And I am feeling a lot better, though the congestion is taking it's time going 100% away.)

Un enfoque sobresaliente. Me gusta que la flor protagonista destaca en detalle de primer plano y el “coro” vegetal que la acompaña su nitidez se diluye para ceder protagonismo. Saludos Laura

Thank you! It was good for me to get back to my manual camera where I could easily choose my focal length. I'm glad my choice works well for you.

peace.

Your "main thing" for photography is well captured here, Laura. I love the mottled, afternoon summer light you have recorded in this picture!

Thank you! As summer starts to fade, I start loving the light in early evening.

Certes la photo des fleurs est charmante mais j'ai une préférence pour la photo du bas avec ses tons pastels et son "flou artistique". Dommage qu'elle soit si petite. Il y a beaucoup de féminité et de délicatesse dans celà..Sachez, Madame, que je suis frustré !

Ah, but isn't wanting more a pleasant feeling? You are sweet to find it feminine and delicate - I'm delighted by your comment.

Wonderful combination of light, shadow and different colors!

Thank you, Guido. So glad you like it.

The colors and focus are so beautiful.