Monday's Flickr Favorites
Nov. 20th, 2006 01:01 pm
Mmm...tropics. This photograph is amazing in the large size (click on "All Sizes" on the photo page), as one can make out details that show the true scale of it.
( Runners-up, in small size )
The vivid colors are fantastic, and the position of the hut and the rising sun make this photograph really pop. Dawn is always a wonderful time, and the unusual emptiness of the beach and the deserted lifeguard shack have an odd sort of serene whimsicality.
I now have a new group on Flickr to browse when I'm hunting out gorgeous photos: Candle's Gleam, devoted to candlelight. Yesterday was Divali. This photograph is a celebration of light and color (and the photo composition's not half bad, either).
New wallpaper for the work computer. I'm very much in the mood for seasonal photographs right now (and seasonal things in general--I stopped off at Target and now I've got a wreath of metal jack-o'-lanterns hanging on my front door and a little metal "haunted house" claiming pride of place on my dinner table). The russet red of this photograph and the mist rising to the treetops is lovely. Looking at it, I can almost feel the cool dampness of the air against my skin.
New wallpaper for the work computer. I was actually hunting this photograph yesterday at home...I saw it right before the computer crashed, and I was trying to find it again. The color tone is gorgous and seasonal, the focus and framing choices are excellent, and the subject matter is perfect for this time of year. Spiderwebs are also tricky to photograph well without extreme closeups, so the clearness of the web is a bonus.
New wallpaper for the work computer. This seems like the sort of photograph that I would take, were I in such a lovely place. Not enough people look up and marvel at the beauty of it. I do, and so, apparently, does this person. I also chose this photo because I need something to remind me that it's still Fall, despite the blizzard outside the window. It was only after I chose it that I read the description and realized that it was actually taken in Minnesota!
Done right, HDR is vivid and fabulous. Done wrong, it's odd and makes the proportions look weirdly off.
This is done right.
The color saturation, image balance, and interestingness of the subject matter are all good.
New wallpaper for the home computer. This photograph takes the natural and stages it in a very un-natural way--twisted, against a harsh black background, with water droplets carefully arranged on its surface. The color and vibrancy shine through, however, and the texture is fabulous.
Criteria for new wallpaper is simple: it must either make me smile or be soothing and relaxing. And, of course, gorgeous! This is soothing--I can almost smell the fog in the air.
New wallpaper for the home computer. It has a nice sense of distance and horizons stretching to infinity.
I wish I could be standing on a beach like that.
The composition of this shot echoes the classic still life fruit studies, with architectural interest added by the positioning of the stray stems--probably entirely accidental. The color palette is rich, and the positioning makes it ideally suited for a wallpaper background.
More subjectively, it has a nice seasonal feeling to it. Fall and Thanksgiving on the way....
Also, I've never seen fresh cranberries up close before.
New laptop wallpaper. Chosen because it has nice composition, and it looks very calm and cool. Right now that's what I want.
If the world was made of cotton candy, this is what it would look like. I'm generally not a fan of the color pink, but I am a fan of cotton candy. The built-in old-fashioned bicycle is what really makes this photograph for me, though.
New wallpaper for the work computer. The color saturation emphasizes the rich elegance of Old World decay. The image balance is just a little bit off, but I like it anyway.
And it's French.
New wallpaper for the work computer. Chosen because of the brilliant colors, the prismatic effect of the raindrops, and the unsettlingly alien appearance of a marigold in macro.
New work wallpaper. These are a few of my favorite things: dark storefront windows, reflections in glass, neon lights, mannequins, bronze colors, shiny beads, nostalgia, and the ephemeral nature of life.