It's been awhile....

vtf · Nov 30, 2012

Very very nice, I see you're keeping busy in the flower porn industry :sexywink:

Mully · Nov 30, 2012

Great shot ..I like the color..... Would make a nice large wall print

laynea24 · Nov 30, 2012

I love it when you post these!

cgipson1 · Nov 30, 2012

amolitor said:
I'm not much of a judge of abstracts. What is it that you don't like about the edit?

it went from soft and beautiful to hard and garish...

mishele · Nov 30, 2012

vtf said:
Very very nice, I see you're keeping busy in the flower porn industry

Flower porn needs me!! Thanks babe!! Good to see you posting!! :sexywink:

Mully said:
Great shot ..I like the color..... Would make a nice large wall print

Thanks for taking a look!!

laynea24 said:
I love it when you post these!

I love it when you comment on these!!

InsertDialogueHere · Dec 2, 2012

cgipson1 said:
amolitor said:

I'm not much of a judge of abstracts. What is it that you don't like about the edit?

Click to expand...

it went from soft and beautiful to hard and garish...

I see your point. Yes, my edit is much harsher than the original. However, there is more than one way to look at a flower.

manaheim · Dec 2, 2012

In my opinion, editing one of Mish's flowers is akin to wordsmithing a poem by any of the great masters.

I'm not necessarily saying that Mish is a great master... though quite honestly I think her work with flowers is without parallel and turns a subject matter I find boring into something compelling to a surprising degree... But what I am saying is that her work is finely crafted and shows obvious consideration. Rethinking her work is, to me, to suggest she is not presenting exactly what she intended.., which, to me, is to question her minds eye.

There are few true artists that post here, and I don't consider myself among them, but mish is clearly one. In my opinion anything beyond discussion of her work and possibly analysis for understanding is deeply presumptuous.

pgriz · Dec 2, 2012

Damn, Chris, you have a way with words! Who knew? And I agree with the sentiments 100%. It's almost like telling Steiglitz that his portrait work needs better framing.

manaheim · Dec 2, 2012

pgriz said:
Damn, Chris, you have a way with words! Who knew? And I agree with the sentiments 100%. It's almost like telling Steiglitz that his portrait work needs better framing.

Haha, thanks.

amolitor · Dec 2, 2012

I got no problem hacking on mishele's images, or on Stieglitz' images. Of mishele had a problem with it, she probably would have said something, or set the "don't edit my photos" bit. Art doesn't get anywhere if we cast everything in lexan cubes and store it all in a vault.

mishele · Dec 2, 2012

Wow, thanks Chris!! I appreciate everything you have said about my work!! It means a lot. :hug::
As far as editing my work goes, I have a very open mind. I feel like I'm on a voyage as an "artist". I want to hear, see, as many opinions and ideas as possible. That is the way I'm going to grow. It might take 100 edits by other people to find one that inspires me but that's ok. Because that one idea or edit may change the way that I see things and that is beyond exciting!! It's the stepping stone to the next great shot I take! :mrgreen:

manaheim · Dec 2, 2012

amolitor said:
I got no problem hacking on mishele's images, or on Stieglitz' images. Of mishele had a problem with it, she probably would have said something, or set the "don't edit my photos" bit. Art doesn't get anywhere if we cast everything in lexan cubes and store it all in a vault.

Mish obviously doesn't have a problem with it either, and that was clear BEFORE she responded to my post on that topic..., but that's hardly the point.