11-17-10 – Artistic Bent

OMG Kestrana, those colors in your flower shot are gorgeous! I’ve never seen one like it, do you know what kind of flower that is?

Unfortunately no. I’ve looked on the Central Park flower website and several tropical websites. Found some other pictures of the same flower on Flickr with such helpful names as “Blue Flower”.

After some Googling I think it could be something called Tibouchina urvilleana. The unusual hook shaped stamens are what made the connection for me.

Thanks, what a cool flower!

When exactly is the voting cut-off time?

Sometime Saturday night. I don’t know if anyone knows exactly.

And, congrats Harpo!

Harpo, your win is one of my all time favorites. It looks like an Ansel Adam’s photo.
PandyFarmer, yep, I’m very fortunate to live here. Even going to work I take a road that goes along the river. There is one area that looks like the Hamm’s Beer ad of many years ago where the song had the line that said In The Land of Sky Blue Waters.

On another note, just to gripe: I’m still disgruntled how many voters consider slow-shutter shots while driving as “artistic.” Guess there’s something to be said for altered states of mind………..

Really? See, I thought art was about pushing boundaries, exploring new territory, trying new things as an “artist.”

You like negative space; well, I like bold colors. Colors and their interplay have always fascinated me since I was a child. I’d thought about doing yet another long-exposure of moving traffic but then the idea came to try it from the other side of the wheel and frankly I liked the outcome. I like the bright mix of colors against the dark background and evidently a few other people did as well.

And there was more to it than you’re implying. It took several test shots to see how the colors would get exposed and mixed, it took adding a ND filter to extend the time without blowing out the colors, and it took experimenting with different sections of road to find the right mix of colors.

I’m sorry you didn’t like it. Personally, I didn’t find much “artistic” about several entries this week (great shots, but lots of standard landscapes and the like). But then I didn’t come here to complain about them either.

negative space doesn’t have to be exclusively black/dark, though it tends to be. i’ve shot things with bold colors as the negative space.

slow-shutter driving shots are interesting to look at, but few strike me as “artistic.” i will readily admit there were a few i was impressed with. my gripe, if i might weakly clarify, is being disgruntled and dismayed and puzzled by the number of those shots that received a significant number of votes. i didn’t knock any particular photo or photographer or voter.

my complaining wasn’t the motive for coming here. commenting on Olavf’s photo was. the gripe happened to be a whiny after-thought.

and for what little it’s worth, i happen to like your show-shutter driving shots. so there.

Speaking of colors, rav I really liked your origami shot – colorful and a creative idea.

Thanks!

Stumbled across this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photoimage/2861437405/

guy makes some points.