Testing the color theme: Pink

[intheflow]

It looks like the next contest may be color-themed. So as a test of the system, I'm posting some pictures in a color theme. :hi:

My cousin AJ at sunset, somewhere in the wilds of Pennsylvania, September 2004.



A rose from my garden, Denver, Summer 2003.



Taffy shop on the Monterey, CA boardwalk at night, February 2005.



Code Pink marches against the second coronation of the (p)resident, DC, January 20, 2005.

[noamnety]

1. The Monterey one is especially gorgeous

The women for peace one is nice too.

I have a couple to offer up. One from ballet class at a public high school:


and a bug, I love bugs.

[intheflow]

2. Those are both great.

Nice socks! LOL! And I like bugs, too. Did you use a macro lens for that shot? The leg hairs are so clear.

Thanks for your pink submissions! :hi:

[noamnety]

12. it was the supermacro mode

on my digital olympus. I never did any macro shots before I got that camera, but now I love it.

[Blue_In_AK]

3. Those are beautiful, InTheFlow...

I think I've got some pink ones, too, but I'm trying to get some work done today and can't get to them right now. This darn DU keeps luring me away from what I "ought" to be doing.

[intheflow]

4. My pink thread was inspired by

the first two photos you posted in the Zen thread. :hi:

I know how DU sucks you in. I'm also neglecting things in the "real world," whatever that is. When you get the time to find more pink pictures, we and this thread will still be here.

[amazona]

5. ok but don't laugh

""


Thinking pink in Lafayette, Louisiana. Hey...We can't all have a pretty face. :-)

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72

[intheflow]

10. Ahh, the Roseate Spoonbill!

That is a cool bird to have hanging around the neighborhood! I bird-watch myself, and this bird's cousin, the Great Bill Heron, is one of my favorite birds to shoot (with a camera obviously).

And this bird is far from ugly--the unconventional bill builds character and the showy plumage is just icing on the cake. B-)

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Here's some pink

This is Mt. McKinley and its sister Mt. Foraker taken from the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage. This winter pink at sunrise and sunset is called alpenglow.



This one is of Kachemak Bay from East End Road in Homer

[intheflow]

13. Gorgeous!

I'm always so disappointed with the quality of light on water in my photos. It always looks good through the viewer, but it just never seems to glow the way it should. Your water always seems to glow. I'm a little jealous, but mostly just happy you share this beauty with us.

[Blue_In_AK]

16. Thanks, ITF...

I have a confession ... I usually use my PaintShop program on these just a bit, nothing too drastic, just a little to brighten them up. Do you have a program like that? It seems to help a lot, especially with the water. I don't think of it as cheating because they do come out looking more like what I was actually trying to photograph.

[intheflow]

20. Whatever. :)

I scan in film prints, mostly. I adjust, too, if the color on my screen doesn't match the print in my hand; most times,it's right on. I definitely have to tweak my digital photos a lot more than the scanned prints.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. Yeah, it seems like the digitals always have kind of a grayish

cast to them. Or here, especially in the winter, they're really blue.

[Samurai_Writer]

7. My pink submission

OK it's more of a peach, but still....

[intheflow]

8. At least it's not

the "other" feminine pink! LOL!

BTW, I love your tag line. Reminds me of a graphic I did for my old web site to describe myself, entitled "Feared":

[Samurai_Writer]

9. Nice graphic!

And I NEVER show the other 'pink'. I do erotic photography, not pornography. :)

[yellowdogintexas]

11. in the pink, from my backyard

[intheflow]

22. I love irises.

When I owned my own home I had cornflower blue and white irises. I'd rather have had the blue ones with this pink. What a great flower!

[Blue_In_AK]

26. They remind me of my old grandma's house....

I loved her irises and gladiolas when I was a little girl.

[yellowdogintexas]

45. Thank you! I am looking forward to seeing it again this spring

[noamnety]

14. another flower pic

[Blue_In_AK]

15. What IS that?

It looks vaguely obscene -- or maybe that's just where my mind is today.

[noamnety]

17. It's a columbine

but zoomed in very close.

I don't quite have the delicate touch needed for flower photography, I guess. :D

[Blue_In_AK]

19. No, it's a great picture...

...it just reminded me of something else. :evilgrin:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

28. I thought the same thing

You're not alone!

[Blue_In_AK]

29. I think it was the fuzzies at the top that had me going. LOL. n/t

[alfredo]

18. Some hot pink and terracotta

[intheflow]

21. Our first male contestant!

Right on, alfredo! I was actually going to post a thread in the lounge calling out the men of the photography group for being sexist. But you redeemed your sex. :D

That being said, I think your picture is pretty cool. There are a lot of pink tones in there blending with the earth tones. Nice composition too. Is that your scale?

[alfredo]

23. Thanks.

Machismo is hard work and I am a lazy guy.

This is where I have the image.

http://homepage.mac.com/alfredo_tomato/The_Greenhouse/PhotoAlbum6.html

This place is a wonderland for photographers.

[intheflow]

24. Nice!

I think ironandfoliage is a contestant for the green theme. :hi:

[alfredo]

25. I love that greenhouse.

I've been going there for 30 years. I've watched the kids grow up and take over the business.

When I worked at a bike shop down the street from the greenhouse, I would stop by and buy a rose. I would put it in a bud vase and sit it on the counter. The afternoon sun would shine on it. If you walk in the front door, the rose would seem illuminated from within. Soon a woman from the greenhouse would come by at the end of their day and replace the rose in the vase.

I have others I am considering.

http://homepage.mac.com/alfredo_tomato/PhotoAlbum1.html

One I like is hangingfoliage. The photo was taken at the corner of Cedar and Belmont in Nashville Tn.

The shed1 and the suburbs are others. I am going to tweak them some to see if they can be improved. I don't like the sky in the shed. There seems to be a pink cast to it.

[GOPFighter]

30. Another male posts a pinky pic!

Hell, it's just another color, right? (though not my favorite)



Yeah, it's a bit cheesy, but when I looked at my photo collection I was surprised how few pictures I have with any significant pink in them.

[intheflow]

31. YEA men who are secure in their manhood!

:silly:

I actually hate pink. In fact, chose pink for this thread because I figured it would never be chosen for contest color, and thus be a good way to test the concept of a color-themed contest.

I don't think inside my house has a shred of pink, except for one landscape photo I blew up and framed that includes a field of fireweed. So I was completely surprised at the amount of pink photos I had.

And yes, your photo is a little cheesy. They're not even real roses, are they? :P

[GOPFighter]

39. Real? Hell no. This is the 21st century!

Plastic roses never wilt and have no thorns, need no watering and don't mind the snow. And I've never killed a plastic plant yet...

[Richard Steele]

32. Pink rose from our garden

Nikon 4500 in Macro mode:

[noamnety]

33. I found another one

[TahitiNut]

34. Looks like terra cotta (with a slight pink hue) on my monitor.

I like the colors, shapes and textures, though. Nice.

[F.Gordon]

35. That's been my problem with this theme

Terra cotta is in the Pink Color Way, but I got nutin' with Pink as a primary color.

[F.Gordon]

36. Someone has been watching HGTV

Is this yours? Are you a designer/decorator? I like the use of textiles in this photo. Definitely not from the Martha Stewart collection in K-Mart. Nice.
:thumbsup:

[noamnety]

37. Haha, no it's not my house

That's really funny to me, because I can only see it as a school setup. :)

I did the photography for the Waldorf site: http://www.waldorfinstitute.org/ - they had a whole lot of pink going on. Architecture #8 and art #3 in the photogallery there are some prime examples.

[F.Gordon]

38. My face is turning.......pink in embarrassment

It's just the way I see things like that. Professional blinders firmly in place.
:+

[TaleWgnDg]

40. Well, here's my 2 cents re pink photo . . .

.


sunset, Gloucester, Massachusetts, summer 1997, study #2

[intheflow]

41. Beautiful!

Makes me homesick for Massachusetts as I'm stuck land-locked in Colorado! (sniff, sniff) Thank you for posting.

And since I don't remember having seen you 'round these here forum parts before, Welcome to the Photography Group! :hi:

[TaleWgnDg]

43. thanks . . .

.
One of my adult kids lives in CO. He cannot say enuf about it -- mountain-climbing, mountain-biking, Alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and then there's the altitude high! LOL . . . So much for the "thick" air along the seacoast of New England . . .

[Blue_In_AK]

42. That's a beautiful shot. n/t

[TaleWgnDg]

44. thanks . . . n/t

[NV Whino]

46. Rock Rose

[Baclava]

47. Pinks

[intheflow]

48. that's quite a flock!

I see your flock and raise you a single flamingo head! :silly:

[TahitiNut]

49. Funny lookin' flockers, ain't they?

:silly: