Water Feature

[joebranko]

This water feature sits just outside of the dining room of Shouldice Hospital in Toronto.

[Manfred M]

It's a pleasant enough image, but I suspect a different shooting angle (something where the camera is closer to the ground) might have given you a much different image.

I suspect pictures of all those hernia patients wandering around the Shouldice site would have made for some interesting images too.

[DanK]

I agree with Manfred. I am not a great fan of Scott Kelby, but many years ago, he published a very good, simple piece of advice for photographing flowers: find a perspective unlike that of a person walking by. I think the same applies here.

[xpatUSA]

I agree with Manfred. I am not a great fan of Scott Kelby, but many years ago, he published a very good, simple piece of advice for photographing flowers: find a perspective unlike that of a person walking by. I think the same applies here.

I read a similar article long ago - it deprecated the classic single flower, shot dead center with everything else blurred out. It placed great emphasis on composition, IIRC.

[joebranko]

I suspect pictures of all those hernia patients wandering around the Shouldice site would have made for some interesting images too.

I did not have the heart to record their pain. 😓

[joebranko]

I agree with Manfred. I am not a great fan of Scott Kelby, but many years ago, he published a very good, simple piece of advice for photographing flowers: find a perspective unlike that of a person walking by. I think the same applies here.

Thanks Dan.

[Manfred M]

I did not have the heart to record their pain. 😓

On the other hand, that is why the Shouldice has a world-renowned reputation (but their water feature does not).


https://www.shouldice.com/

[DanK]

I read a similar article long ago - it deprecated the classic single flower, shot dead center with everything else blurred out. It placed great emphasis on composition, IIRC.

For what little it is worth, I don't think of this just as a matter of physical position. I think of it as needing to have some viewpoint that isn't typical. Sometimes this can be done by physical position, but I think it can be done by either revealing or highlighting details that aren't normally the focus of a passer-by's attention, or just by making people see things differently. Maybe this is just weak rationalization because I do make a lot of centered or nearly centered photos of flowers. E.g.,

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[joebranko]

Thanks Dan. Your flower pics are very beautiful. Thanks for commenting and sharing.

[DanK]

Thanks, Joe


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[Wavelength]

Beautiful, Joe

[bambleweeney]

Lovely, particularly fond of No. 3