Misc Broken Bouquet

**Wheatridger** · 12-03-2021, 07:08 PM - **1 Like**

On my weekly photo walk in my closest canyon, I came on this. This is the way I found it, after ten or so masks in the new LR to balance out the tonal values. This scene really deserves a story, but I don't know what it is. A rejected proposal?

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**FozzFoster** · 12-03-2021, 07:52 PM

I like the colour contrast. since those beautiful flowers don't really belong in the drab environment it really tells a story of 'how they got there'
well done

**angkymac** · 12-04-2021, 06:07 PM

I wonder if it might be a child's fistful of flowers that got dropped when s/he had to get in the car to go home?
Angky.

**Wheatridger** · 12-04-2021, 09:20 PM

Where would a child get a fistful of cut roses? This was in a rocky canyon in late fall (last week), not a flower garden.

VictorDA · 12-07-2021, 01:02 AM

The way I read it, there could be in fact two bouquets: one of red roses and 'oeillets' (don't know the English for that one) coming from the florist or a garden; and the yellow dandelions look like they could have been gathered by a kid.
Looks very sad to me: some sort of memorial, commemoration of an accident? A lady and her child could have lost their husband and father here? Or someone's ashes could have been spread here? I can definitely see people crying at this spot.

As for the photo, well, it's correctly exposed and framed; certainly unconventional but it suggests a story (or stories), you see, it made me stop here for a while. So, it must be good

**Wheatridger** · 12-08-2021, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by victordeamorin

The way I read it, there could be in fact two bouquets: one of red roses and 'oeillets' (don't know the English for that one) coming from the florist or a garden; and the yellow dandelions look like they could have been gathered by a kid.

This was taken around the first of December. Believe me, nothing blooms outdoors in Colorado at this time of year.

**janosh** · 03-09-2022, 03:42 PM

Originally posted by Wheatridger

On my weekly photo walk in my closest canyon, I came on this. This is the way I found it, after ten or so masks in the new LR to balance out the tonal values. This scene really deserves a story, but I don't know what it is. A rejected proposal?

Great idea...I think it would benefit from dark corner vignettes and, possibly, significant cropping.

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12-03-2021, 07:52 PM	#2
FozzFoster Custom User Title Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Alberta Photos: Albums Posts: 6,808	I like the colour contrast. since those beautiful flowers don't really belong in the drab environment it really tells a story of 'how they got there' well done

12-04-2021, 06:07 PM	#3
angkymac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2019 Photos: Albums Posts: 9,032	I wonder if it might be a child's fistful of flowers that got dropped when s/he had to get in the car to go home? Angky.

12-04-2021, 09:20 PM	#4
Wheatridger Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Colorado Front Range Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 644 Original Poster	Where would a child get a fistful of cut roses? This was in a rocky canyon in late fall (last week), not a flower garden.

12-07-2021, 01:02 AM	#5
VictorDA Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lyon area, France Posts: 718	The way I read it, there could be in fact two bouquets: one of red roses and 'oeillets' (don't know the English for that one) coming from the florist or a garden; and the yellow dandelions look like they could have been gathered by a kid. Looks very sad to me: some sort of memorial, commemoration of an accident? A lady and her child could have lost their husband and father here? Or someone's ashes could have been spread here? I can definitely see people crying at this spot. As for the photo, well, it's correctly exposed and framed; certainly unconventional but it suggests a story (or stories), you see, it made me stop here for a while. So, it must be good

12-08-2021, 10:27 PM	#6
Wheatridger Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Colorado Front Range Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 644 Original Poster	Originally posted by victordeamorin The way I read it, there could be in fact two bouquets: one of red roses and 'oeillets' (don't know the English for that one) coming from the florist or a garden; and the yellow dandelions look like they could have been gathered by a kid. This was taken around the first of December. Believe me, nothing blooms outdoors in Colorado at this time of year.

03-09-2022, 03:42 PM	#7
janosh Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 243	Originally posted by Wheatridger On my weekly photo walk in my closest canyon, I came on this. This is the way I found it, after ten or so masks in the new LR to balance out the tonal values. This scene really deserves a story, but I don't know what it is. A rejected proposal? Great idea...I think it would benefit from dark corner vignettes and, possibly, significant cropping.