Sometimes one can find good photo opportunities by narrowing one's focus. Not the camera focus, the mind/eye focus. We spend much of our camera time taking photos of blooms or clumps because that's what we are here for.

However, bits and pieces can suddenly become whole canvases for our interest if we look closely enough.

I tried constraining my view as an experiment in enjoying the bits and pieces of my subject, deconstruction of the daylily as it were.


















Now these probably won't help my hybridizing or mapping or data storage but they do make me feel closer to my daylilies

I wasn't really close as my camera's macro capabilities are not it's strong point. I used (you guessed it, cropping) to create these as you will be able to see if you zoom in. Some of them have more grain than others.

Next time, a field in which I'm out of my depth.

Charley

Oh! Those are really beautiful!! Especially the long thin ones, which would look amazing enlarged to XXL!

Gorgeous Charley! love the ideas.

The wide narrow pics are neat. Thought I'd try it on a picture from a few years ago.

Zoomed in on the pic second from the bottom. It's like entering a cave!

Another one from August 28 bloom;



Charley

I tried a little cropping. Pretty sure I need a lot more practice

The possibilities are limitless but this is my last one;



(for now)

Charley

Love it

Charley, I do a lot of these just for fun and sometimes to submit for banners.

Here's one I recently did with a shot of Atlanta Elegant Charm.


Edit to add one more of Lee's Loss

Beautiful Stan - I think I'm including too much of the picture.

I tried it.

Sue, that little flip on the left is so delicious. Since you lost the tip of the pistil you might try cropping the top down to just the stamen. You might also lower the bottom crop just a bit to see if it will strengthen that flip. You might also just tell me to go jump in my compost pile because you like it just the way it is.

Ginny your problem is that you want all of every daylily! Pick a line that you want to emphasize and orient your camera so that the line you choose is either vertical or horizontal and take your shot while ignoring your soul crying out "the whole daylily, get the whole daylily."

Charley

Like this?

Or, maybe more like this

Sue, if you like it! I like it that way better my self, all just a matter of opinion.

Charley

Yes, I think I like the last one best. THANK YOU!!! for the coaching! Maybe I will enlarge one. My son was a photo student and knows how...

SueVT said:Or, maybe more like this

Better yet.

Charley

I think you're right Charley - I like the whole darned thing

SueVT said:Or, maybe more like this

with Charley, Sue. This one is pretty nice!


I played around with Lee's Loss again this morning and thought I would share.