The Colour Red in Nature
Pavel Uher

The Colour Red in Nature

November 2022

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Pristine Still Life Capture. The red poppies in this scene emerge in a mysterious fashion from the dark background. The photographer's bouquets owe much of their mystery and magic to the quality of the light, capturing in breathtaking detail the delicate red petals of these poppies. In this still-life scene, there is a reminiscence feeling of an old master's work. The elegant details of the red poppies blend with perceptual angles, unveiling an intimate viewpoint on the relationship between nature, geometry lines, and art. The composition has a very strong harmony and romantic feeling and the use of the red color brings an ancient feel to the scene. The narrative found in this image originates with an intimate and fragile look at nature. Excellent result. Keep on creating inspiring and captivating images.

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Captivating profile of a red squirrel. The way you composed the image with the light available to you and chose a clean diffused dark background, made you bring together various elements in the natural world, creating a delicate golden triangle composition. You succeeded in understanding the ecology and biology of the subject. Clearly, you know how to read the signs and the clues of the environment to help you find the subject, to anticipate how was going will react, and to know what their next move was going to be until you achieved this shot. Thank you for sharing this inspiring image with us, and keep up the good work.

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**This contest is open to photographers ranked between 1 and 250 in this week’s <a href="https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/">Leaderboard</a>.** Red in nature, the warning colour, the poisonous berry, the fly agaric toadstool, the red hot chilli. And the colour of ripeness, of ready-to-eat cherries and rosy apples and fat strawberries, of leaves ready to fall. And red as a way of standing out, being attractive, the red rose, the macaw parrot, and a field of poppies. There’s nothing that makes an image sing like a splash of red.

Astonishing capture! In a very dreamlike scene, you succeed to capture the power of the red in this intimate moment of a ladybird and dandelion in motion, where feelings are expressed without saying a word. Through this capture, you encourage the viewer to observe the natural world with a new macro perspective. The glowing of the dandelion losing free adds to the enchantment of the image making the composition an engaging view of nature, that mimics the blurry edges of memory. Impressive work!

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