Still life photography is the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of objects. Still life photography, more so than other types of photography, such as landscape or portraiture, gives the photographer more leeway in the arrangement of design elements within a composition.
Still life photography is a demanding art, one in which the photographers are expected to be able to form their work with a refined sense of lighting, coupled with compositional skills. The still life photographer makes pictures rather than takes them. Knowing where to look for propping and surfaces also is a required skill.
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Through life experiences I have found that it is best to not judge a book by its cover. It works both ways... good and bad are easily "covered" up. (5 years and 3309 days ago)
Yes it is a classic but I've tried to get this shot back when I started photography and I couldn't do it so I thought I'd try again last night and I thought this was pretty
It may be repetitive but I think it's far from boring bartoszwozniak. Just because we see something repeatedly doesn't mean that it's bad, did you think this was boring the first time you saw it? I've seen this before too but I've also seen 10,000,000 shots of refracted water droplets, and countless sunsets over the ocean but if it's done well than it doesn't matter how many I've seen before it. Yes originality is nice, and needed but can you honestly say you've never seen a photo you liked and reproduced it later? That's all the author has done here, and they did it well in my opinion.
I agree with everything you said Adam, EXCEPT... WATER DROPLETS!!!!!!! AAARRRGGGGHHHH. Anytime there is a theme where flowers are on-topic, water droplets should be BANNED. Violators should be forced to walk barefoot through honey ending up in African Army Ant hills!!!! After the soles of their feet have been eaten off by the ants, they should be dragged by pygmy hippos into a giant vat of red wine vinegar, with hyperactive 4th graders throwing wet kittens at them the whole way. Then, AND ONLY THEN, would they be eligible to show another photo of a water droplet - AFTER ten years probation!
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You feel better now Kyricom? LOL
TY Locks. I know this isn't an original but I was pretty proud I was able to do it this time.
I don't think there's much left that hasn't been done before - so I guess that makes us all a little boring and repetitive. Oscar Wilde said that Life imitates art. Considering history repeats itself - we are likely to come across a few sunset pictures ... and God forbid, water droplets
I certainly agree with what you and Oscar have said... except for.... WATER DROPLETS!!!! AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! Shots of water droplets on flowers should be banned by the Geneva Conventions! Violators should be marched through the streets to be pelted by crowds throwing cream pies! After their parade, they should be staked out on the floor of Death Valley in August, force fed rabid Gerbils and made to watch a continuous loop of "Plan 9 from Outer Space!" After they die, their families should be forced to have a large sign in their yard for perpetuity declaring that their loved ones' fate was due to "repetitive overuse of trite stereotypes!"
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I'm seeing a contest theme coming to mind... LMAO!!!
My goodness! All this talk about originality and done before and such. *I've* never seen this shot before, so if its any consolation, if I see this shot again, yours is the original and all others will have been "done before".
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I was looking at this again and I thought of an idea!!! (now granted I wouldn't change this a bit cause I love it soooo much but...) I was thinking if you took the colors and started at the bottom with the dark and went light all the way to the top... kinda color coded by shade of color or even take the categories of colors like blue (light to dark) red (light to dark) etc... That would be a cool effect too! But again I wouldn't change this. Very VERY appealing
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LOL MnM.... I actually thought of doing that.... but i opted for the randomness of how they came out of the box. The only one I moved was the white one... i didnt like it at the top.
Flawless. The subject matter, the lighting, the effect..... This is an incredible shot.
Super shot!
Very cool photo.
Wow...Nice! ...great idea and it produced an amazing photo.
Great Job!
Wonderful!!
an excellent piece of work my friend........... perfect in every detail.
Speachless.
me too!
Wow. What the others said.
Looks surreal, simply astonishing. Good job!
I'm impressed!
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perfection
Wonderful = )
Great,i like this!
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