04 - Truckin
by VitaminB

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Reminds me of one of those "Mad Max" type of movies ... certainly takes it out of the realm of "ordinary." Probably not the way I'd have edited the original, but it effectively conveys a "mood" or "feel" ...

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

Comment:
The previous comments were all copied from the anonymous image posted for voting. Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment -- I can't really disagree with any of them :-) -- and thanks to Don and Joe for running this.

As I said, I'm not entirely sure why I picked this subject, though part of it was using what I thought might be an unusual subject, partly I was pretty pleased with the "technicals" (not my usual strong suit), and a lot of it was being against the time deadline and not having many other "good" shots which hadn't already been posted here.

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by Kali: I think if the fan part of the plant had more backlighting it would give it that "pow" people look for with floral photo's. Interesting subject.

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by bobonacus: nice patterns and colour but doesn't hold much more that that for me

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by ubique: I've never really looked at one of these before (not being a plant guy). So I guess that if you showed me something I hadn't noticed before (and you did), it must be pretty good. Don't do any more for me though ... I really don't want to start liking flower & plant shots. It's such a small step to insects and splashes from there. P.S. This is really a quite beautiful thing, isn't it? It started me thinking about Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn.

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by undieyatch: conventional black back isolates this difficult, somewhat rare subject... very nice specimen.

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by PhotoInterest: Lovely photograph, well done technically and love the textures and details that show in this shot. It just doesn't say anything to me. I'm asking myself WHY I would want to see a photo of this? Not to be unkind but, I really can't see a "reason" behind it, other than nice photographic skills in taking a shot???

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by chromeydome: technically very well done (might need to clone that hot-pixel, if that's what it is). Nothing to complain about in this image, but nothing that engages me either. But your skill is evident here, and it seems like you might be a fan of Mappelthorpe's (sp?) flowers :-)

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by Bernard_Marx: Just needs a little something more to communicate some life.

Pitcher Plant
by GeneralE

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Originally posted by digifotojo: Beautiful detail and color in this exceptional floral. I Like the way you captured the subtle light reflections. The black background suits it perfectly.