Wow is it hard to choose two pictures out of a series. Objects can look incredible from a number of perspectives.
For my first photo comparison, I chose one of the many sunflowers we have in out garden. I find these flower so fascinating: their height, the way thier flower appears out of a spiral of petals, the spiraling effect of their florets... In this first picture, I was really interested in capturing the flower from behind. The top of its stalk resembles a neck hanging low form the weight of a heavy head. The way the bract, by which I mean the green petals behind the yellow petals, creates a second crown around the flower.
The second picture I chose is this one on the left that was taken from above. I was trying to find an angle that showed the many layers of leaves and how they spiral around the stem. Enlarged, this angle allows a viewer to look down through the leaves' stems, like looking down a spiral staircase.
Just for fun I thought I'd post a second series since they were taken so recently. These pictures are of the El Toro roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ. The first picture was taken from a gondola at sunset; I was probably about at 15 stories high, looking down the length of the ride. El Toro is longer than it is wide, so this shot shows the tightness of its turns. Notice the car at the top.
The second image shows El Toro's side and the length of the track. Again at sunset, notice how the sun reflects off its wooden construction and the small plume of a sprinkler in the water. I can't wait to learn how to remove those wires cleanly.
For my first photo comparison, I chose one of the many sunflowers we have in out garden. I find these flower so fascinating: their height, the way thier flower appears out of a spiral of petals, the spiraling effect of their florets... In this first picture, I was really interested in capturing the flower from behind. The top of its stalk resembles a neck hanging low form the weight of a heavy head. The way the bract, by which I mean the green petals behind the yellow petals, creates a second crown around the flower.
The second picture I chose is this one on the left that was taken from above. I was trying to find an angle that showed the many layers of leaves and how they spiral around the stem. Enlarged, this angle allows a viewer to look down through the leaves' stems, like looking down a spiral staircase.
Just for fun I thought I'd post a second series since they were taken so recently. These pictures are of the El Toro roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ. The first picture was taken from a gondola at sunset; I was probably about at 15 stories high, looking down the length of the ride. El Toro is longer than it is wide, so this shot shows the tightness of its turns. Notice the car at the top.
The second image shows El Toro's side and the length of the track. Again at sunset, notice how the sun reflects off its wooden construction and the small plume of a sprinkler in the water. I can't wait to learn how to remove those wires cleanly.
4 comments:
Jay. these are great! The first one captured my attention immediately due to the unique angle. I read your post and clicked on your second photo, and it was really cool to look down the leaves.
In the second set of pictures, it doesn't even look like the same roller coaster from one picture to the next.
Jay,
I seriously got the that falling sensation in my stomach when I looked at the second sunflower photo, nice job. At first I was only looking at the head of the flower itself and then my eyes started descending down the stem to all the leaves and I felt my stomach go.
I think that is so cool how in one photo of the roller coaster it looks skinny and not like a very long ride, and then in the second one is is very long looking and has what seems like an enormous span compared to the first shot taken. Very cool.
Lisa
Jay I love the photo where you tried to get the spiral on the leaves. Sunflowers are such great fractals. And about the roller coaster...not even if I was paid...would i...could i...
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