I’ve been inspired by the new camera to think about still life photos again, the composition thing. Although I took this one with the Lumix….
Earlier this week, I spotted the umbrella and the pansy counterpoints and tried to do something with them. This is the best, and still leaves me rather cold.
I finally decided that mostly the problem is all the shades of brown.
I like the straight lines, with only a few curves: the wreath, the light, and, above all, the fish-pot in the front. And the pansies.
Still, to my eye, the yellow provides the only non-brown, and it’s just not enough.
Or maybe I’m just too critical.
Off to dip back into an Xmas book, Julia Child’s My Life in France.
31 December 2009 at 10:20 am
kayak woman says:
How about painting the door a nice shade of aqua or turquoise.
31 December 2009 at 10:39 am
Sammy says:
Ah, photoshopping the neighborhood, always nice to contemplate. I’d make all the trees very strong and enduring, too….