Wheel and sunflowers, a photo from Ashqelon, Southern

Photographer's Note

As you already know, reels of irrigation pipes are one of my favorite subjects.
I found this one, and many more, near a "blooming" field of sunflowers, not far from the seaahore.

Tech: crop, resize for TE, frame.

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RGatward (20050) 2005-05-26 17:16

Indeed, I assumed this was you before reading the caption. Good framing, and nicely arranged with the sunflowers in the background.

snuggleaphagus (4146) 2005-05-26 17:19

The wheel is like a big industrial flower. I like how it is placed taking so much of the space yet not obscuring the fragility of the flowers. I really like the clump of grasses in front of the wheel.

quantabeh (5205) 2005-05-26 21:37

what an interesting perspective Yitzhak. I would have never thought the combination of these two completely different (yet dependent on each other) objects would go so well.
nice work!

saludos,
Behrang

orme (7205) 2005-05-27 13:00

Another clever and original composition, Yitzhak. I like how the 'cold' foreground colours contrast with the 'warmer' background ones. I don't know much about sunflowers, but I also like the way they all seem to have 'drooping heads'. Very well framed.

manny (21833) 2005-05-28 1:16

Good color contrast. Well-composed with an elemnt of graphism thrown in.

ChrisJ (86798) 2005-05-28 3:34

Hi Yitzhak

I like the idea of similar shapes between the sunflowers & the reel, but I think a more flattened perspective, & a different pov, may mave emphasized this more. Still a nice try though. Well done!

jhm (122334) 2005-05-28 10:58

Dear Yitzhak,
The combination with the splendid sunflowers and the irrigation spindle give a total other composition, but a great contrast between the two elements, this make picture attractive.
Have a nice weekend,
John

maphoto (8082) 2005-05-28 15:55

Interesting composition Yitzhak and good perspective with the field in the back, nice framing and good sharpness, well done.

papagolf21 (76465) 2005-05-30 10:34

Bonjour Yitzhak;
Les tournesols ont bien besoin d'eau à voir leurs têtes penchées vers le sol. Le tuyau d'arrosage est gigantesque, c'est normal il ne s'agit pas d'un jardin potager ;-))
Très bien vu comme toujours.
Amitiés.
Philippe

dsidwell (9771) 2005-05-30 15:34

I love the tones of the large coil of pipe, Yitzhak, but I find the sunflowers and sky to be a bit overexposed. I also very much like the compositional space devoted to the coil. You might try a polarizing filter, or underexpose and bring up the coil later, since shadows contain more detail than your highlights.

Looks like I'm out of smilies. Sorry!

jrj (34841) 2005-06-01 7:42

Interesting shot Yitzhak, kind of combining the industrial approch with the agricultaral.
Good contrast, well balanced compo.