City Balloons

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Kind of crazy and chaotic.

[IMG]IMG_0517 by pongo now, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Wavelength]

I really like this and its mild colour scheme

[Astro]

I think I like it .... The symetry of the balloons offsets, (as you say yourself), the chaos of the reflected scene.
The more I look at it, the more I get drawn into the image trying to decipher details. In particular I am intrigued that I cannot see a reflection of the photographer??

[DanK]

It's a little confusing, and I'm guessing that people will tell you that it violates some "rules", but I really like this. It's a very interesting image, with a lot to look at. People will often say that an image neeeds a clear single focus, but like all rules, it has exceptions. I like wandering around this image, looking at all of the chaotic detail.

How did you process this? Looks a little oversharpened to me (e.g., the halos around the baloons), but that might just be the nature of the reflections. If you did sharpen a lot, you might experiment with backing off a little and seeing how the results compare.

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Hi Dan, I used the basic photo editor that came with my windows computer. Choose a filter and threw some sliders. For some photos, I keep it simple to get a quick result.

My camera broke and I took this shot on my cell phone walking to the repair shop. I also got some good shots of the 42nd Street Library, but I found this image to be strangely interesting. Thank you for looking and commenting.

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I think I like it .... The symetry of the balloons offsets, (as you say yourself), the chaos of the reflected scene.
The more I look at it, the more I get drawn into the image trying to decipher details. In particular I am intrigued that I cannot see a reflection of the photographer??

You see it as I see it. If you look a little closer you will see a part of me in the image. Thank you James for your input. (Find Escape)

[Marwus]

i like this image a lot, colors of balloons are really nice and i like how top row correspond in colors of rest of image and bottom ones are in nice contrast with it. Interesting picture.

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Thank you, David, for looking and responding. The pattern of the balloons caught my eye and that's what I photographed, taking no notice of the reflections.

Where is the photographer's reflection? Within the middle chair, you can see the bottom of my pants and a shoe. I don't know or understand why it came out that way.