S T O R M
by Bear_Music

Comment by Jutilda:
I commented on someone else's that I felt a sense of vertigo. I really like the abstractness of this. I know it's a tree but yet it has a life of its own when distorted and blurred. NICE ONE.

S T O R M
by Bear_Music

Comment by cgino:
I am first struck by the deep rich colors, the purple sky and merlot trees are so pleasing to my eye. Then whoosh! I am taken away on the stormy wind to lands unknown. Yummy!

S T O R M
by Bear_Music

Comment by ubique:
This is a nice frame for the image. I can't really believe I'm commenting about a frame (I'll be lecturing you about the Rule of Thirds next, or blathering about 'distractions'). But it is. This absorbing photograph is definitely elevated by the choice of framing.

I've never agreed with all this carping about photographs not needing frames, or not needing titles. Just yesterday I read a forum comment from some twit saying that "if a photograph needs a title, the photographer has failed". What absolute balderdash! By that logic Milton's Paradise Lost would instead be known as Untitled – and we can't find it either. And The Mona Lisa would probably be filed under Chicks, Enigmatic, No 56392.

If frames are 'distracting', if titles are an admission of failure, then the person calling them so must have the imagination and intellectual curiosity of a fire bucket. An empty fire bucket.

Thank you Bear, for so graciously hosting my impromptu rant.

S T O R M
by Bear_Music

Comment by krnodil:
Stormy and threatening.

H A R S H • B A B Y
by Bear_Music

Comment by cgino:
This is what an astronaut on drugs would see when orbiting the Earth heading for sunrise... I like this A LOT!

H A R S H • B A B Y
by Bear_Music

Comment by Ecce_Signum:
As has been mentioned this could be anything from a splitting single cell to an ariel photograph of a continent or, as Paul suggests, keep off the weed ;)

H A R S H • B A B Y
by Bear_Music

Comment by pawdrix:
Radical treatment. I think I may recognize this marsh but a far different tone this time of year. This is a beautiful abstract rendering. I like the rich tones and contrast provided by the setting sun against the ocean.

Dunegrass in Winter
by Bear_Music

Comment by Germaine:
Beautiful colors.

H A R S H • B A B Y
by Bear_Music

Comment by trevytrev:
reminds me of some shots you see taken with an electron microscope of some cellar structure, very cool effect.

Dunegrass in Winter
by Bear_Music

Comment by krnodil:
This is pretty cheery, and warm, although it does look like it was a wee bit cold at the time...