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p.1 #1 · Nature finds a way

In a sea of stained concrete, a single seed takes root.....

Thanks for looking!

Greg

nature finds a way by gregfountain, on Flickr

Jul 04, 2012 at 04:10 PM

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p.1 #2 · Nature finds a way

Excellent image and well seen. Hope you don't mind a small nit Greg - I would crop about half off the OOF foreground. Personally I find it distracting. But as is it is a beautiful artistic image with wonderful textures and colour.

Alan

Jul 04, 2012 at 04:14 PM

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p.1 #3 · Nature finds a way

angel manguel wrote:
Excellent image and well seen. Hope you don't mind a small nit Greg - I would crop about half off the OOF foreground. Personally I find it distracting. But as is it is a beautiful artistic image with wonderful textures and colour.

Alan

Thanks Alan. I'll crop it when I get home tonight and see how it looks but I think you are right! I appreciate the input!

Greg

Jul 04, 2012 at 04:21 PM

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p.1 #4 · Nature finds a way

I'm with Alan 100% in everything he says. A wonderful image that with a little bit of cropping becomes even better!
Eric

Jul 04, 2012 at 04:22 PM

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p.1 #5 · Nature finds a way

Beautiful shot, great texture . Agree about the cropping Alan suggests

Birdie

Jul 04, 2012 at 04:41 PM

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p.1 #6 · Nature finds a way

Nice find, Greg.
Love those textures and color of the wall.
I like this version but will wait for the cropped one to like it even more.

Chris

Jul 04, 2012 at 05:16 PM

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p.1 #7 · Nature finds a way

I love it Greg.

Jul 04, 2012 at 05:20 PM

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p.1 #8 · Nature finds a way

What THEY said! LOVELY shot, beautiful textures, just crop that darker part of the foreground and you've got a real winner! Really loving those textures on the wall!

Jo

Jul 04, 2012 at 05:33 PM

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p.1 #9 · Nature finds a way

very nice Greg

Jul 04, 2012 at 05:40 PM

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p.1 #10 · Nature finds a way

Really like how the crack up the wall mimics the shapes of a plant growing as well. Great shot, I agree on the crop.

Jul 04, 2012 at 05:48 PM

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p.1 #11 · Nature finds a way

This is great. I tried the crop Alan sugested and it lost it's depth.

Morris

Jul 04, 2012 at 06:36 PM

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p.1 #12 · Nature finds a way

A terrific find, Greg, and a gorgeous image!
I'd like to disagree that a crop might work better... but I can't

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Charlie

Jul 04, 2012 at 07:26 PM

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p.1 #13 · Nature finds a way

I really like it Greg, the patina on the concrete makes this one work really well for me.

Tim

Jul 04, 2012 at 08:06 PM

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p.1 #14 · Nature finds a way

Thanks for the wonderful comments! I really appreciate it!

As for the color of the concrete...sadly, the discoloration is the result of a fire in that area in 1985. A reflux line opened up and sprayed 700� Naphtha, which in turn ignited instantly and the temperature rose to a couple thousand degrees. All around that area, the concrete is discolored and pitted. It serves as a reminder for those of us that work with it....that said, the color was slightly exaggerated in post processing...

Here is a reworked version with the crop suggested....

Jul 04, 2012 at 10:13 PM

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p.1 #15 · Nature finds a way

I personally like it as is. I know it's subjective but I like how the OOF area draws your eye up to the plant.

Jul 04, 2012 at 10:29 PM

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p.1 #16 · Nature finds a way

Really cool on the color contrast here Greg, love the patina of the concrete and its coloring.
My thought, in first image was that there looks to be a lot of fine sharpening showing in the foreground, I would just put a softer blur on it and darken it a bit more. I think the image looks a tad to light overall also, darker-richer

Karl

Jul 04, 2012 at 11:18 PM

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p.1 #17 · Nature finds a way

Very nice shot Greg, particularly the second version posted in the thread.

Paul.

Jul 05, 2012 at 12:39 PM

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p.1 #18 · Nature finds a way

Really like the re-worked image Greg. Nicely done.

Alan

Jul 05, 2012 at 12:50 PM

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p.1 #19 · Nature finds a way

Much better, I really like that.

Jul 05, 2012 at 01:01 PM


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