Regarding my last set:
I acquired a taste for music in middle school mostly through walking in the footstep of my brothers. After learning to play an instrument, I learned about music theory and how leaving space for others can add to the work. So it's "No Mystery" (Return to Forever), that I tend to leave space in my images for background bokeh. It makes a sound but it must be complementary to the main note being struck.
I was just a teenager when I learned of fusion music. It was a combination of rock and jazz. That lead me to jazz and Miles Davis.
Working backwards from the 70's, I came across the Miles Davis Quintet (version 2). The great pianist Herbie Hancock discussed the method for improvisation that he learned from Miles. Take what you hear, follow along and then add you own impressions. It's with that methodology that I took the previous images.
The daisy shots were building on Yildiz's texture shots of the yellow lilies.
The 3rd shot was a tribute to Sury's fireworks shot. Note the bokeh top right. It's a car in the neighbor's driveway. But you wouldn't know. Either way it contributes to the subject.
The last one is my own creation on balancing texture and smoothness to create a wallpaper of pedals.
Did I succeed? I have no idea but it was fun trying.
A set from this morning.
Experiment continued:
Wallpaper

The rest.


Some sort of symmetry.








