P52 Week 13: Framing (March 26 - April 1)

[katbel]

Another one, hopefully an easy one

P.s. Edited: I realized there was a weird cropped area and the vase was missing its bottom

 

[Walhydra]

Rainy morning - Right kitchen view (3/28/2023).

Not classical framing as such but OTOH did not require me to do any more than step out the back door.
Olympus TG-6 camera. Just worked from the JPEG on this one, may boot into a slightly newer system later and see if I can improve things a bit by starting from the RAW file. View attachment 2179695

Reworked version slightly tighter crop as as well. Can't claim working from RAW made any big improvement.
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I actually like the first version more. I think the extra door frame on the left helps highlight the reflecting window.

 

[Walhydra]

So technically I think this does count as most of the swans are between the pier and the sign. I'd personally be inclinded to clone that sign out though as I find it distracting, and then of course you'd lose the framing aspect.

Now, if you go back to this location, I'd see if you could get a bird or two on the pier (there are already a couple on some of them) and then stand in front of it/them and use the pier itself as a framing mechanism. Of course, the birds might not like you getting out on the pier with them, or you'd need a longer lens (although you are quite close to the swans). But getting out on the pier would elminate some of the other clutter in the frame that pulls the story away from the birds.

I like the sign being there, simply because the geese can easily ignore EVERY prohibition and do all those things.

 

[Walhydra]

Rainy morning from the kitchen window (3/28/2023).

 

[StrollerEd]

 

[katbel]

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Really cute swan ducklings

 

[StrollerEd]

I like the sign being there, simply because the geese can easily ignore EVERY prohibition and do all those things.

There were geese on the pond but these are cygnets - 'teenage' swans who, as you suggest, will all too readily do teenage things

 

[Walhydra]

Sunny morning (3/29/2023).

 

[mollyc]

💖 I hope you are feeling better and have all your strength then ! 🙂
I'm trying to find frames but being between seasons the panorama still looks pretty bleak..

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Another one, hopefully an easy one

P.s. Edited: I realized there was a weird cropped area and the vase was missing its bottom

You can find lots of framing opportunities inside. You can use doorways, window frames, cabinets, furniture, etc. I remember in one of the challenges you were using flowers against a door, and I wasn't sure it worked for whichever challenge you submitted it for, but something like that works here. Don't feel obligated to use an outside view if it doesn't work.

Is the blue frame image a composite?

 

[mollyc]

Rainy morning from the kitchen window (3/28/2023).

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Sunny morning (3/29/2023).
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I like the idea of these; I think they'd be stronger compositions if you composed straight on to the window; it's kind of hard to see the "framing" aspect, other than that there are windows in the image. The first one works a bit better since you have a frame (the artwork) within a frame (the larger windows), but the second one to me seems more just like a view of a room, rather than an image composed with framing in mind. 🙂

 

[mollyc]

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I really like this! But still hoping for a new image....not using archive images is my one big rule I'm trying to adhere to for this project, otherwise I'm pretty lenient. ❤️

 

[mollyc]

One from my walk this morning; I was so focused on getting the angle right to capture the mayflower bud that it didn't even occur to me until I got to my computer that I was naturally working on framing it within the leaves.

I hope you all start to find some of these concepts just become ingrained over time and you naturally start looking for them when composing images. ❤️

 

[katbel]

You can find lots of framing opportunities inside. You can use doorways, window frames, cabinets, furniture, etc. I remember in one of the challenges you were using flowers against a door, and I wasn't sure it worked for whichever challenge you submitted it for, but something like that works here. Don't feel obligated to use an outside view if it doesn't work.

Is the blue frame image a composite?

No, It’s on my balcony facing next door house . I put the vase on a tiny wall as you can see
Just before a privacy screen that doesn’t go all the way but did work for the purpose of framing that corner.
I thought light and shadows helped too
And it’s blue 😄

 

[StrollerEd]

I took the call to “take a new one” to heart and have just captured my neighbour being door-stopped by two charity workers - now he can talk the hind legs off a donkey so they might be detained for a while …

 

[mollyc]

I took the call to “take a new one” to heart and have just captured my neighbour being door-stopped by two charity workers - now he can talk the hind legs off a donkey so they might be detained for a while …
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Thank you. ❤️ I actually really love this.

 

[StrollerEd]

This also taken just now from my seat by the window. I decided to let the amaryllis, which I suppose is the focal point, break the frame

There is sometimes a blackbird’s nest in that bush but it’s too early yet.

 

[katbel]

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Is the blue frame image a composite?

I know why you thought it was a composite: I cleaned (Affinity photo)the bottom part because there were few spots and it needs to be painted and doing so the corner disappeared and looks clean but flat.

 

[mollyc]

I know why you thought it was a composite: I cleaned (Affinity photo)the bottom part because there were few spots and it needs to be painted and doing so the corner disappeared and looks clean but flat.

and the shadows outside seemed weird at the top right.

 

[katbel]

One from my walk this morning; I was so focused on getting the angle right to capture the mayflower bud that it didn't even occur to me until I got to my computer that I was naturally working on framing it within the leaves.

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I hope you all start to find some of these concepts just become ingrained over time and you naturally start looking for them when composing images. ❤️

Thanks ! I have hard time to see the flower though

 

[katbel]

and the shadows outside seemed weird at the top right.

No, everything is exactly like that , retouched just the tiny bottom
Photo taken with the iPhone right now, almost at the same time, 30 min later ~

 

[katbel]

Shadows framing heather

 

[mollyc]

Thanks ! I have hard time to see the flower though

oh it’s actually just a bud at this point. my description was wrong in my post.

 

[kenoh]

I like this view alot. It is from the hill in Queens Park. An area of parkland in the southside suburbs of Glasgow. This particular angle was taken for the afternoon light in the Spire of the church framed by the tree branches each side.



I also liked this image of the Calatrava Column in Madrid where the column is bookended by Torres Inclinadas buildings.

 

[someoldguy]

2 for your consideration . Both of the Cathedral in Newark , N.J. . I'd hoped to get the top spire with the blossoms on the trees open , but I'm a bit early . Maybe next week .

 

[bondr006]

Ben coming home from the beauty parlor today, framed by my iPad Pro.😊

Sorry! Been busy this week. My parents are moving back to FL this Friday after living with us for 2 1/2 years. Going to miss them soooo much.

3/29/2023 - iPhone 13PM

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