Abstract a crushed flower

Y.goussyra · 11-09-2019, 12:23 PM - **1 Like**

a crushed flower on the floor

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Bertrand3000 · 11-09-2019, 12:26 PM - **1 Like**

Interesting subject. The one and only flower, cut, crushed, and covered with mud. Last sign of life. Yes, winter is coming.

Y.goussyra · 11-09-2019, 12:39 PM

Originally posted by Bertrand3000

Interesting subject. The one and only flower, cut, crushed, and covered with mud. Last sign of life. Yes, winter is coming.

In fact, what caught my attention are human acts... Destroy the life of this flower as it was on his way.

**foxandcrow** · 11-09-2019, 01:45 PM - **1 Like**

Nice shot. It makes a statement hopefully the driver just didn't see it.

Wasp · 11-09-2019, 02:12 PM - **1 Like**

Well spotted. Have you tried cranking up the colour saturation on the flower in post to make it stand out more?

Y.goussyra · 11-09-2019, 04:26 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Wasp

Well spotted. Have you tried cranking up the colour saturation on the flower in post to make it stand out more?

well seen, I'll try

**whammerhead** · 11-09-2019, 07:07 PM

I like the concept. Man & his machine destroy flower. But we all know how this plays out... nature always wins out. I agree with Wasp, a bit like that scene in Schindler's List where the young girl in the red coat draws the eye.

József · 11-12-2019, 11:20 AM

Good idea.

automorphism · 11-18-2019, 01:18 PM

Great shot. Like the idea. I would try cropping a little of the left part out so the flower is a little off center, mainly because the right side of the photo has more interesting light, and that would emphasize it more.

József · 11-19-2019, 01:53 AM

A little more light would emphasize more

ChristianRock · 11-19-2019, 02:26 PM

Well this is the photo critique section, so I'll say it... I just don't find it interesting, sorry.

**Madaboutpix** · 12-02-2019, 01:32 PM

While I see and appreciate the concept of poignant yet overlooked scenes like this, the photo is not really working for me. Is it the somewhat distracting (and in part awkwardly cut-off) leaves in the foreground? Or the fact that the flower is "disfigured" by that mud clod? Do I wish for some more interesting light to accentuate the tyre marks and give me a keener sense of beauty-that-could-have-been?

But none of that needs to discourage you from liking the image. After all, you were there, spotted it, and felt it.

**BigDave** · 12-02-2019, 06:21 PM

Originally posted by Y.goussyra

a crushed flower on the floor

subtle, nice!

József · 12-04-2019, 02:36 AM

I still think it's a bit dark

veato · 12-04-2019, 04:21 AM

I love the idea but, as others have said, a bit of PP to make the flower stand out would be nice.

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11-09-2019, 12:26 PM - 1 Like	#2
Bertrand3000 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 2,009	Interesting subject. The one and only flower, cut, crushed, and covered with mud. Last sign of life. Yes, winter is coming.

11-09-2019, 12:39 PM	#3
Y.goussyra Senior Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Agadir city -Morocco Photos: Gallery Posts: 210 Original Poster	Originally posted by Bertrand3000 Interesting subject. The one and only flower, cut, crushed, and covered with mud. Last sign of life. Yes, winter is coming. In fact, what caught my attention are human acts... Destroy the life of this flower as it was on his way.

11-09-2019, 01:45 PM - 1 Like	#4
foxandcrow Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,994	Nice shot. It makes a statement hopefully the driver just didn't see it.

11-09-2019, 02:12 PM - 1 Like	#5
Wasp Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Pretoria Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,660	Well spotted. Have you tried cranking up the colour saturation on the flower in post to make it stand out more?

11-09-2019, 04:26 PM - 1 Like	#6
Y.goussyra Senior Member Join Date: May 2019 Location: Agadir city -Morocco Photos: Gallery Posts: 210 Original Poster	Originally posted by Wasp Well spotted. Have you tried cranking up the colour saturation on the flower in post to make it stand out more? well seen, I'll try

11-09-2019, 07:07 PM	#7
whammerhead Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Belfast Posts: 128	I like the concept. Man & his machine destroy flower. But we all know how this plays out... nature always wins out. I agree with Wasp, a bit like that scene in Schindler's List where the young girl in the red coat draws the eye.

11-12-2019, 11:20 AM	#8
József Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 237	Good idea.

11-18-2019, 01:18 PM	#9
automorphism Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Ontario, Canada Photos: Albums Posts: 791	Great shot. Like the idea. I would try cropping a little of the left part out so the flower is a little off center, mainly because the right side of the photo has more interesting light, and that would emphasize it more.

11-19-2019, 01:53 AM	#10
József Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 237	A little more light would emphasize more

11-19-2019, 02:26 PM	#11
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,910	Well this is the photo critique section, so I'll say it... I just don't find it interesting, sorry.

12-02-2019, 01:32 PM	#12
Madaboutpix Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: North Rhine-Westphalia Posts: 1,440	While I see and appreciate the concept of poignant yet overlooked scenes like this, the photo is not really working for me. Is it the somewhat distracting (and in part awkwardly cut-off) leaves in the foreground? Or the fact that the flower is "disfigured" by that mud clod? Do I wish for some more interesting light to accentuate the tyre marks and give me a keener sense of beauty-that-could-have-been? But none of that needs to discourage you from liking the image. After all, you were there, spotted it, and felt it.

12-02-2019, 06:21 PM	#13
BigDave Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hudson Valley, NY Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,626	Originally posted by Y.goussyra a crushed flower on the floor subtle, nice!

12-04-2019, 02:36 AM	#14
József Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 237	I still think it's a bit dark

12-04-2019, 04:21 AM	#15
veato Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Nottingham Posts: 543	I love the idea but, as others have said, a bit of PP to make the flower stand out would be nice.