Dear Life
by londonlime

Comment by AzCKelly:
This is great. I wish that white drain pipe, or what ever it is, wasn't there but its a good picture.

Dear Life
by londonlime

Comment by ktm7:
nice. i like how its actually quite a small plant. the end of the leaf could have been in focus.

Dear Life
by londonlime

Comment by stek:
I like how you focused on the branch, but I think the background somewhat is distracting.. Nice job though.

Dear Life
by londonlime

Comment by kena:
A very nice photo, the lighting, focus, and colors are really good. (Is the picture on its side?)

Dear Life
by londonlime

Comment by Krikkit:
interesting.

Dear Life
by londonlime

Comment by Caine:
A better shot if taken from the opposite side without the downspout distracting the shot, unless that side's even busier of course. Would havve scored this a lot higher without that interruption.

Dear Life
by londonlime

Comment by racb:
Nice shot. I really like the setting and the light. The wall is so bluury that it hurts my eyes a bit, though.

Paper
by londonlime

Comment by londonlime:

Thanks for all the great comments. The reason I left the edges in view was that I felt that it wasn't obvious enough that it was a photo without it (you might laugh but looks like at least one person didn't realise that, even -with- the edges there). Totally true about the color and lighting, the light was fading fast and it was my last chance (indoors is a joke). My little sony was already having a fit trying to get a decent focus at all.
I wanted it to be on paper rather than on grass, to emphasise the 'paper' aspect of both the photo and the shoe. the grass you can't run on, the paper shoe you can't wear (its SO delicate, its quite hard not to squash it!)

For anyone who wants to make that shoe, its from the best ever origami book by Steve and Megumi Biddle "Step-by-Step Origami". I used the very thin Japanese calligraphy paper.

Paper
by londonlime

Comment by dragor:
Maybe making the sheets of 'grass' seemlessly overlap each other

Really like the idea! Great work!

Paper
by londonlime

Comment by TheresaA:
What a neat paper shoe. It is so cool. I am not sure how I feel about it sitting in the grass with the flowers. Yes I do, I like it. It adds intrest along with the edge of your yard looking down into another yard. Very refreshing image.