What do you see?
by Sonifo

Comment:
great shot .. love the lighting

In a world of her own
by LalliSig

Comment:
nice shot ... love the idea here

Penguins '2006
by lsmart

Comment:
Motorcycle seems a little distracting ....

Call Me After Class, Okay?
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
Hmm the blue fringing on the lower right seems to really distract from the shot ...

Taking Control
by vikas

Comment:
good idea, nice framing, tough focus seems a little soft

Pigeon Chaser
by redmoon

Comment:
Might have had more impact if it was rotated vertically .. nice shot though

Wada Basin Fractal
by seebrown

Comment:
just a note on that site I posted earlier .... all of those "shots" are computer generated. I would have loved to take a shot with such clarity but without very perfect and very large spheres I think those would be imposible. Here are a couple of sites where fractals were shot with a physical camera ..

Wada Basin Fractals (Photo's) Magazine cover

Note that the sphere's used in the above site are about 3 feet in diameter.

This site shows you exactly what I did to get the shots (I think my shot is better than his though!)

Wada basin fractal photo setup

For that matter I think my shot is better than the shot in Scientific American 2002

Thanks for taking interest in fractals ...

Wada Fractal Pattern
by seebrown

Comment:

Originally posted by DrAchoo: Hmm, some of the other pattern pics I commented that the pattern was not prominent enough. Here, I'm afraid the pattern may be too prominent. There isn't much left for us to grasp, such as context. My first split-second impression wasn't too interested, but when I read your description, I was intrigued. It's too bad that you couldn't have zoomed back so we became aware that this was, in fact, four christmas tree ornaments, but still have the pattern emphasized. My first guess was a kaleidoscope which seems sorta boring. The composition is very centered, which is good for pattern, but not good for dynamics. The colors are soothing and not oversaturated. In the end, I guess we are left a little dazzled and confused and move on because we don't know what we're really looking at.

Thanks a bunch for the criteque ... much appreciated. I really feel you hit the nail on the head with the comment "I guess we are left a little dazzled and confused and move on because we don't know what we're really looking at". Makes sense considering how many 5's were received

Wada Basin Fractal
by seebrown

Comment:

Originally posted by macrothing: This one is a little better (clarity wise) in my opinion, but you can still see the lens. Looks like a difficult technique/method to nail. edit:typo

Unfortunately the only way to shoot this requires the lens to be in the shot ...

Wada Fractal Pattern
by seebrown

Comment:
Give a little more background here. The shot is actually in perfect focus ... though macrothing is right about it appearing out of focus, due to the the fact that the christmas tree ornaments that I used were not perfect sphere's. Anyhow, I'm starting to realize that because 99% of voters had no idea what it was probably did not help with the scoring.

Message edited by author 2006-01-04 19:20:08.