Far from the Madding Crowd Photo

Photographer’s Note

Rooted to the spot, I am destined to spend my days alone here, far from my cousins over in that field. They have grown up together and will be harvested together. I get lonely at times, looking across at the others, wondering what their conversations are, how they are enjoying the social life. But while they are all crammed together in a field and jostling for space, sometimes I enjoy being alone, having space to breathe, to survey my surroundings and to reflect.

bibiweb, nwoehnl, eza1701, Floydian, Stan, PixelTerror, cherryripe, IgorDeleze, quillo, kermit350, feather, Didi has marked this note useful

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bibiweb (8) 2007-04-24 14:56

Hi Susanna,
It's a good title (reminds me of my "O Level" readings!) and a funny note. Technically the shot is also well composed with a perfect DOF to make this solitary flower stand out against the background. A very creative way of showing us yet another field of rapeseed!
Have a nice evening.
Bibi

toni_al (15476) 2007-04-24 15:00

Salut Susanna
Trop cool, voila la fleur imagine le paysage, ce joli et bien vu.
@+
Toni

nwoehnl (120) 2007-04-24 15:01

Hi Susanna. A beautiful photo of the single colza plant standing at a distance from the yellow field in the back. Good use of DOF, and the exquisite lighting on the yellow petals makes the foreground object stand out even beetter. Nice writing job on the notes for this one, too.

yso (3209) 2007-04-24 15:10

Hi susanna,
Très joli texte pour illustrer cette fleur de Colza très nette et très bien mise en valeur.
Amicalement,
Yves

mesutilgim (37583) 2007-04-24 15:11

Hi Susanna,
Wonderfull pov. Great capture, very nice.
TFS
MESUT ILGIM

rbassin (4329) 2007-04-24 15:23

Bonsoir Susanna,
C'est une très belle prise de vue, j'aime bien la netteté de la fleur qui se détache sur un paysage flou.La luminosité est parfaite.
Roland

nisko (2461) 2007-04-24 15:47

hi susanna!
so pleasant colours and beautiful light in your composition!i like a lot the way you focus on the flower!
best regards
thodoris

eza1701 (3343) 2007-04-24 16:16

Hi Susanna,

Great use of depth of field in this photo, the foreground is pin sharp compared to the rest of the photo. It's a great approach rather than the normal landscape where one tries to get everything sharp.

Best regards,
Paul.

lasscor (7637) 2007-04-24 16:18

Hi Susanna,
Lovely colza composition.
I like much your framing with this lonely yellow flower in foreground and the green and yellow blurred fields in background.
TFS,
Corinne

Stan (2766) 2007-04-24 17:31

Bonsoir Susanna,
Une compo originale avec un sujet banal, un beau bokeh. C'est une réussite, bravo!
Serge

Dpbours (220) 2007-04-25 0:12

Hi Susanna,

Perhaps you know, 'Far away from the maddening crowds' is a beautiful ambient/lounge-like tune of Chicane. Funny enough, when listening to that music, I never think about anything green!
It has more of a desert- or savannah-like mood to it. Brown-red plains of nothing... That is more the feeling of the music. Great depths, no sharp focus in the foreground ;-).

Your composition is fine! Nothing wrong with it! But I am wondering if you really were thinking of Chicane when posting this picture. Would be funny, since it would show how we all connect different feelings and pictures to the same music. And vice versa. How we all could take a same picture, but add a different feel or tone to it!

Thanks for sharing!

Greetings, Dennis

Floydian (30970) 2007-04-25 3:36

Hi Susanna,
Very subtile how you composed this. Great note to the picture and really good eye seeing this.
Excellent work, very nice.
Regards, Henk

PixelTerror (87195) 2007-04-25 4:09

Salut SakuraTerror,
Voila une methode tres creative pour photographier un champ de colza ! et ta mise au point ainsi que la lumiere sont impeccables, j'aime bien.
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves

smash2707 (2516) 2007-04-25 7:15

Hi Susana. Perfect focus. The flower looks stunning againsta the blurred background. Your picture transmits peace. Regards, Yvonne

fanch (0) 2007-04-25 9:57

Et bien voilà une idée originale pour montrer le colza ,Susanna !
trés belle lumière et mise au point impeccable mais c'est l'idée de la composition qui est vraiment séduisante .

Amicalement ,

cherryripe (19237) 2007-04-25 12:07

Hi Susanna
Excellent bokeh and framing and such a funny note. I do wonder why there are sometimes isolated plants but I guess it's because of the the birds.
Enjoy your evening
Nikki

IgorDeleze (9247) 2007-04-25 13:18

Hello Susanna,
Beautiful spring shot!
The subject is perfectly captured and has a great contrast with the background.
Excellent shot.
Greetings.
Igor

quillo (7430) 2007-04-25 17:06

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Hello Susanna, is an image in which you manage to emphasize the attraction of the small flower on the rest of the field. The refección of your note complements perfectly this photo ... on what I congratulate you.

Thank you and see you soon.

Regards.

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kermit350 (8990) 2007-04-26 12:03

Bonjour Susanna, je vois que toi aussi tu patauge dans les champs de colza, j’y vais un peu moins depuis que je suis tomber nez à nez avec un sanglier, mais curieusement il a eu plus peur que moi, joli texte dans ta note, et à l’image de cette fleur qui seul paraît plus épanouie que la multitude de ses semblables, c’est peu être pareil pour toi, seule permet de prendre du recul de retrouver ses marques, joli ce bokhen la technique et sont effet qui en découle passe bien à l’image contrairement au mien dont je n’ai jamais trouvé le secret depuis ma venue en suisse, bien amicalement

feather (50560) 2007-04-26 16:25

....and all my seeds will not go into the crusher!
I have this vision of you laid flat on your stomach to get this POV. Well done. The light on the yellow is very good. Your focus and DOF are spot-on.

Didi (36674) 2007-05-02 6:06

Bonjour Susanna
ATCHOUM !
En dépit de l'allergie à cette plante, j'apprécie beaucoup cette composition, une très bonne mise au point sélective dans cet environement buccolique.
Amicalement.