14-10-2019, 06:10 PM
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do you just see or actually look?
Photography has taught me to look at and not just see.I am not on about camera setting lens or anything technical, just how you look at things with the eye
Take for example this rose (oops been corrected camelia )
how would you describe it?
Nice pink colour only? anything else???
I ask myself
well what about the shape
or any marks on the petals
any petal out of shape or missing
how many leafs are behind it
is it best to take full on it to one side
are there any others on the background.
how does the light affect it
of course with a different shot you could notice height- position it is relative too etc
That is the difference between just seeing and actually looking. Took me ages to realise the difference when taking a photo and nearly miss this point entirely
It can make all the difference between a good photo and one that can be "erm to put politely" ordinary
14-10-2019, 06:57 PM
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Re: do you just see or actually look?
Originally Posted by Aerolor
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When I actually look Realspeed, I see a camelia not a rose. A very pretty pink camelia.
14-10-2019, 09:11 PM
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Re: do you just see or actually look?
Originally Posted by Mags
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I see a camelia too .... I have three in my garden but they aren't flowering now! 
Same here, Mags. They are lovely, aren't they.
I've got 5, all different colours, but they won't flower till after Christmas.
14-10-2019, 10:05 PM
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Re: do you just see or actually look?
When I look at your Camelia Realspeed I see an almost perfect flower in full bloom. It is just beginning to be past it's best, as evidenced by one of the petals beginning to darken a little, although It hasn't spoilt it and it was well worth concentrating on this one bloom and photographing it. I like how the centre of the camelia remains curled and that is perfect to my eyes. The leaves surrounding the flower are heavily veined and their perfect shape and intense colour offset the flower very well. I noticed that you have faded the other bud camelia as well as some of the leaves which enhances the flower you concentrated on. I think the bud/s might also have made an interesting photograph.
14-10-2019, 11:18 PM
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Re: do you just see or actually look?
Originally Posted by realspeed
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Photography has taught me to look at and not just see. I am not on about camera setting lens or anything technical, just how you look at things with the eye
Take for example this rose (oops been corrected camelia )
how would you describe it?
Nice pink colour only? anything else???
I ask myself
well what about the shape
or any marks on the petals
any petal out of shape or missing
how many leafs are behind it
is it best to take full on it to one side
are there any others on the background.
how does the light affect it
of course with a different shot you could notice height- position it is relative too etc
That is the difference between just seeing and actually looking. Took me ages to realise the difference when taking a photo and nearly miss this point entirely
It can make all the difference between a good photo and one that can be "erm to put politely" ordinary
It has a tiny figure 7 in the center and many tints of pink,carmine cerise and orange too. Petals edged with cream and white
i can see 7 different shades of green in the petals.
An excellent photo, realspeed,
15-10-2019, 03:28 PM
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Re: do you just see or actually look?
It has taught me to look at things that could be an opportunity for an interesting image. The other thing That took me quite a while to appreciate is the opportunity the digital age brings. With my film camera there was an incremental cost to get each frame developed. So I was picky.My current camera has a memory chip with about 30Gb capacity - and I have a spare......
Each frame is about 5Mb. I catalogue the frames by month. I could take about 400 shots every day each month. I do nowhere near that - I barely scratch the surface of one memory chip.
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