This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by MrYu:
You might wanna use a smaller apperture to blur the background. Otherwise it's not very interesting and very much a cliche.

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by eugene:
the background could have been better

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by sblair2146:
I would like to see a sharper focus on the rose. Also the backgound is distracting.

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by Gatorguy:
Lovely flower, good focus and exposure. Fence is distracting. 5

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by nordicgirl:
I like the water drops on it.

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by samtrundle:
Hmmm... I get the feeling this picture would have been better in colour, It's a nice shot, but not really great as a black and white.

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by KDO:
I absolutely love this image. The hopefulness of having the flower face to the right, the water drops which symbolized the tears of healing for me. The values in the flower and the crispness of the petals are superb. I would crop the right edge in toward the flower a bit more so there is a feeling the moving beyond the pain is more within reach, but that is just a petty little comment. Outstanding work. Thanks for sharing it.

Who Framed Mt. Fractulous?!
by gruvin

Comment by gruvin:
Thanks for all your comments.

I'm embarrased about the frame. It really does flatten out the contrast! Thing is, I put that on to enhance the contrast on a black, full screen display without a second thought that the DPC background is neutral grey. Doh! Foolish of me.

In hindsight, the crop should have been much tighter at the mercy of the symetry I had aimed for while taking the shot. That might have given it more of a macro feel - but I was working on the "or at least extreme close-up" aspect of the challenge description. (That "rock" is a piece of wood about two inches tall. The foreground tree is a one inch high weed clipping.) The image as a whole does not make much of that obvious. A flaw to be sure.

"Fractal" was about the shapes. The shape of the house's roof and that of the "rock", the shapes of the tiny foreground tree and the large background tree (and that they are both "trees".)

I think I tried too hard on this. I was trying to get too much out of one picture. I should have just let it flow I think. The "KISS" principal maybe.

Message edited by author 2004-12-06 21:54:40.

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by Logarithim:
I like the petals + the water on them.

This Too Shall Pass
by gruvin

Comment by RatedR:
A really crisp clean photo. Well focused and exposed with excellent detail. But, I don't like the fence in the background. That is my only complaint.