janet Smith
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A couple of wildflowers that like to grow in and around the dry stone walls here in Yorkshire
Cranesbill
Yellow Poppy
Cranesbill
Yellow Poppy
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Flowers By The Wayside: Leaf with complex veins (ie not tulips, orchids, grass etc)
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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Two very different approaches indeed.
I must admit I was surprised by the very different style of this recent post.
Your other work is so delicate! Here this is almost Dadaist!
Asher
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
globemallow, heliotrope, indian rock art
Jim,
What did you take this with and do you have a blowup of the flowers? Are they near you and still in bloom?
Asher
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Jim,
Could you achieve the same sharp + soft focus effect using an add-on lens that adds the OOF light from the periphery?
Asher
Could you achieve the same sharp + soft focus effect using an add-on lens that adds the OOF light from the periphery?
Asher
Mike Shimwell
New member
Janet, I love the poppy - I've been watching those i our garden and wondering how to capture the papery quality of the petals. Great stuff.
Jim and Michael, nothing to add really - nice work!
Asher, I prefer the vertical rop - it has sufficient space for the wasp and sufficient concentration to draw me in. I think you commented elsewhere, it also has more 'movement' than the horizontals.
My own contribution below - these alstromeria have sat on our window for (probably) a bit too long for phtos
But, they have all turned towards the light in an attitude that struck me as being one of worship - so I stood on a chair and our 6 year old daughter tried to hold a piece of matboard behind them.
I've included the crop as this was shot at iso1600 and then pushed 0.8 stops with not too much other processing, and very quick.
Mike
Jim and Michael, nothing to add really - nice work!
Asher, I prefer the vertical rop - it has sufficient space for the wasp and sufficient concentration to draw me in. I think you commented elsewhere, it also has more 'movement' than the horizontals.
My own contribution below - these alstromeria have sat on our window for (probably) a bit too long for phtos
But, they have all turned towards the light in an attitude that struck me as being one of worship - so I stood on a chair and our 6 year old daughter tried to hold a piece of matboard behind them.I've included the crop as this was shot at iso1600 and then pushed 0.8 stops with not too much other processing, and very quick.
Mike
Mike Shimwell
New member
There's some wonderful work here, but I just grabbed these in passing on my way in from a run. New life and all, with a bit of rain.
Mike
Mike
Rachel Foster
New member
Mine were taken yesterday during a class break (I'm at a five day workshop on wedding photography; I've no interest in weddings, but it will transfer to portraits).
Apologies in advance if there are focus issues. I'm on my laptop....nuff said! (Or, rather, I can't really spot focus problems on the small screen.)
Apologies in advance if there are focus issues. I'm on my laptop....nuff said! (Or, rather, I can't really spot focus problems on the small screen.)
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Agapanthus and what else, Kathy? What are the long slender blooms?
Asher
Asher
Kathy Rappaport
pro member
Asher,
You are going to make me do homework tonight....I think they're lavender...
You are going to make me do homework tonight....I think they're lavender...
Gary Ayala
New member
#1
#2
#3
#4
#2
#3
#4
Kathy Rappaport
pro member
Color and Contrast
Hi Gary!
Nice to see you here! Love #3's color and contrast and how you isolated the flower!
Hope to see you more around here, Hope all is well.
Hi Gary!
Nice to see you here! Love #3's color and contrast and how you isolated the flower!
Hope to see you more around here, Hope all is well.
Gary Ayala
New member
Rachel Foster
New member
I've been working on getting the lighting right on this in edit, but for now this is as good as it gets. As my editing skills improve, you can bet I'll come back to this one!
ISO 400, f/11.0, 60mm, 1/1250, -2 step. (Had my macro on the Rebel when I spotted this little fellow.)
ISO 400, f/11.0, 60mm, 1/1250, -2 step. (Had my macro on the Rebel when I spotted this little fellow.)
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Rachel,
Everything is already in your picture. Just select and darken the necessary areas and then brighten and optimize the parts that are interesting. Selective interest is needed. Here is a 20 second adjustment using Shadow Highlight on PS. Use this as a general concept.
Just a quick idea!
Asher
Everything is already in your picture. Just select and darken the necessary areas and then brighten and optimize the parts that are interesting. Selective interest is needed. Here is a 20 second adjustment using Shadow Highlight on PS. Use this as a general concept.
Just a quick idea!
Asher
Rachel Foster
New member
The difficulty I have in editing is getting a precise selection. Even with the magnetic lasso (especially with fine elements) it never looks quite right. But I'm hanging in there!
Hi Asher,
Thank you.
Yes I looked but no reflection. I believe this is a daylily. I take the film into wallyworld and get it developed for negatives, then scan it into lightroom and then cs3. I can't make my mind up, I might like kodac gold better. I intend to get some slide film for the fine grain and colors and then scan the transparencies even though it is less forgiving.
I gave away all my darkroom stuff many years ago. I wish I had it back now.
Rachel Foster
New member
Ok, this one I like! Don't know if y'all will, but I'm open to hearing how it can be improved. Still...this one I like (today anyway).
iso 400, 250mm, f/5.6, 1/500.
iso 400, 250mm, f/5.6, 1/500.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Rachel,
You've been working with good results! This picture is technically a great improvement and the design is pleasing. However, and this is perplexing, life is missing. By rendering the entire b.g. black in this way and the lighting flat, the plant becomes a graphic element divorced of emotion.
Now, I'm not saying that making the b.g. black is wrong. It can be perfectly correct. However, the life of the subject must be preserved. See the Philadelphia Mallet Rule!
Asher
You've been working with good results! This picture is technically a great improvement and the design is pleasing. However, and this is perplexing, life is missing. By rendering the entire b.g. black in this way and the lighting flat, the plant becomes a graphic element divorced of emotion.
Now, I'm not saying that making the b.g. black is wrong. It can be perfectly correct. However, the life of the subject must be preserved. See the Philadelphia Mallet Rule!
Asher
Rachel Foster
New member
Oh, well...I'm perplexed too! That was taken in natural setting. Must think on that one.
Mike Shimwell
New member
Well after spending the day cutting the hedge I'm now enjoying a nice glass of Bordeaux and thought I'd share a couple of pics taken between hedge cutting this afternoon. Daisies and Hosta (I think - Sue would know) in the garden. Quickly run through Lightroom and all shot with a Canon 100 macro at between f4 and 5.6.
Mike
Mike
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Mike,
Good subjects! However I find those little bees tough to image on a large yellow pollinating platform. One thing I would point out is that the use of totally black backgrounds, as in the first may not be as effective. In your second picture, putting aside the subject, the background is far more gentle. too much black and the picture gets robbed of some life.
All in all the first picture, despite the central placement is the one I like best becasue it is obviously a complete statement and has no distracting elements. Still, if the b.g. would have some remnants of life, it would, to me at least, be better!
Thanks for sharing,
Asher
Good subjects! However I find those little bees tough to image on a large yellow pollinating platform. One thing I would point out is that the use of totally black backgrounds, as in the first may not be as effective. In your second picture, putting aside the subject, the background is far more gentle. too much black and the picture gets robbed of some life.
All in all the first picture, despite the central placement is the one I like best becasue it is obviously a complete statement and has no distracting elements. Still, if the b.g. would have some remnants of life, it would, to me at least, be better!
Thanks for sharing,
Asher
Gary Ayala
New member
One from the front yard
Marshall Everett
New member
Hi Gary,
I like #1 and this last one the best. #1 seems so clean and sharp, with nothing to distract, as Asher stated.
The last one, the backlight illuminating the pods is really cool, along with the hairs along the edge. Very sharp, crisp and not blown out at all.
Glad that you had fun doing yard work!!
Marshall
I like #1 and this last one the best. #1 seems so clean and sharp, with nothing to distract, as Asher stated.
The last one, the backlight illuminating the pods is really cool, along with the hairs along the edge. Very sharp, crisp and not blown out at all.
Glad that you had fun doing yard work!!
Marshall
Gary Ayala
New member
Cem_Usakligil
Well-known member
Hi Gary.
I wholeheartedly agree with Marshall. The last one with the pods is very, very good.
Thanks for sharing
Cheers,
Mike Shimwell
New member
Gary, the pod is great. Lovely backlighting.
Asher, I've lightened the background on this one and included another with a fairly dark (but actually still lightened) background.
Mike
Asher, I've lightened the background on this one and included another with a fairly dark (but actually still lightened) background.
Mike
Allen Maestas
New member
Tried to find a place for this, and this looks like it Hope some enjoy this New Mexico Wildflower.
Al
Hope some enjoy this New Mexico Wildflower.Al
Bart_van_der_Wolf
pro member
Tried to find a place for this, and this looks like it
Hi Allen,
You've made excellent use of complementary colors in your composition. The image could IMHO only be really improved by using a more back-lit flower (but that's not always available outdoors).
In the absence of different light, you could try a curves adjustment on the petals to enhance their structure a bit. Just a suggestion to augment the visual impact.
Bart
Gary Ayala
New member
A few snaps from a walk with my pooch!
A few snaps from my daily morning walk with The Cook (my pooch):
Gary
A few snaps from my daily morning walk with The Cook (my pooch):
Gary
Charlotte Thompson
Well-known member
Gary
well good to see these beautiful morning glorys-I really like them have them growing on a fence- the colors you have enhanced very nicely- I am not sure about the abstract others but will come back to see what say you-
Charlotte
well good to see these beautiful morning glorys-I really like them have them growing on a fence- the colors you have enhanced very nicely- I am not sure about the abstract others but will come back to see what say you-
Charlotte