Update based on Annika’s thoughts
Original
IN this year’s driftwood/lichen hunt, these swirls appeared again. Lovely in color, and pretty mysterious in BW
Does this grab attention and hold it long enough that you enjoy8 the swirls?
f/8 handheld ISO 1250 x-t5 60mm macro (90mm equiv) probably less than 10 inches distance
It definately grabbed my attention. - being a succer for patterns, that is. Great in bnw. I was however wondering if you could crop it differently, to draw more attention to what I consider the best part- the top left. I would have cropped it square. And maybe darken the top right corner a little.
Your thoughts helped me to rein this thing in a bit. I did the re-post before I noticed you had included a re-work; it ended up quite similar to yours. Thank you.
Eye-catching. Works great in black and white. I do like the update better. Brings focus to the most interesting areas.
Dick: I like both versions and might give a slight nod to the rework but what a great subject and a really good capture and presentation. Most excellent.>=))>
Dick, I actually prefer the original. There’s a bit of a “Starry Night” feel to lines and swirls along with a nice sweep across the frame. The cropped version feels more static to me. My minor nit is that I’d do a bit of dodging of the brighter bits along the bottom so that they better match the rest of the frame.
