Sticks and Stones… (D266)

Sticks and Stones… (D266)

You know the rest, but that’s not really what I was thinking when I shot today’s images. I just saw these cool looking sticks in a random arrangement and decided they would make a good subject.

I shot from the ground looking up at the top of the arrangement so I could separate out some of the wavy sticks from the pack of the rest of them. Seems the ones that stood out were more interesting that the big group all stuck together in the center.

Funny how similar that is to life… the ones who draw attention (either good or bad) are the ones that aren’t stuck in the center in a big group, they’re the outliers, a little bit different. I’m drawn to the outliers, always have been. How about you?

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Image Specs: Shot with 50 mm lens, 1/100 at f/1.8, ISO 200. Processed in Lightroom with Gavin Seim Lemon Drops preset, added frame with MCP Finish It Actions.
Technical Knowledge and Images: Reviewed notes from Digital Photography class. Looked at framed prints at 12Stone during our Street Grace meeting tonight.

  • Judy

    Hmmm, I AM an “outlier”. I'd rather be different than everyone else and not follow the crowd. I like the unexpected. And hopefully will be able to find that in my photography one day soon.

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  • http://alfilnegro.wordpress.com Klaus

    Always remember that for one to be an outlier must be someone who is a mainlier. And vice versa.
    Noone exist without the other. There lies the glory and the misery

    I have been reading your blog since some time, Tasra, love to read your kind words

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    When you seek, you will find… so I expect to see you finding the unexpected in your images very soon!

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    Absolutely… great point! Thanks for being a reader and for your compliments…. that means so much to me!

  • http://365.jogarrett.com jo garrett

    I am really drawn to the image on the left, so much more delicate and fragile looking

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    That's my favorite too… I like the clear focus on the swirls.

  • http://twitter.com/cativico Cati Salva Vico

    I kind of consider myself an outlier too, in a sense. I try to do things my way.

  • http://tasra365.com tasra

    I think that's a great thing!