Lupine and Corn Lily

Gallery: FloraPosted July 31, 2010156 views19 comments

Ok, Bill has prodded me enough in recent times, so I thought I better drop in and say hi. I should also lead by example as this one here is more appropriate in Flora. And to come here and see Youssef posting too! There is always wonderful images posted here in Flora.

Alas though, this is not a 4x5. I captured this using my Panasonic pt-n-shoot, hand-held. Turns out I really liked this little capture and am sorry now that I didn't get this scene with the 4x5! Took some liberties in PS with saturation and also a bit of an Orton layer and TK's masks and luminosity painting - Please let me know if you think the color/sat is too strong.

Your opinions and feedback are most appreciated.

Lon

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on July 31, 2010 at 5:34 PM

Welcome to Flora. Never get tired with these images, especially with the touch of color throughout. If I had a choice I think I would eliminate the white blooms and just leave the touch of blue within the green waves. The color saturation looks fine on my monitor. Hope you post more often.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Angela Classen on July 31, 2010 at 5:44 PM

As with all your work, it's a fine composition, although I agree with Patricia's comment about eliminating the unbloomed, lighter flower and just leave green and purples in the scene. I don't have my calibrator hooked up at the moment, but I think the colors look mighty fine. The lighting is superb. Definitely post in flora more often!

Registered on June 13, 2007, 434 Posts, 2742 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on July 31, 2010 at 5:45 PM

Well composed and the color saturation works for me.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 31, 2010 at 5:48 PM

Works fine for me. I like the white blossom, having never seen a corn lily. Sometimes comp and color just aren't enough. Sometimes, adding to someone's knowledge is equally valid.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 31, 2010 at 6:17 PM

Fabulous Lon! Such a strong comp with great light, the variety of greens and plant forms making it that much more interesting and the blue, blue, blue lupin! Bold color but not over the top for me. Super shot. And you, with a point-n-shoot and posting in Flora! Wonders never cease, thank goodness.

Love it that you posted here in the best flora forum on the planet.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 31, 2010 at 7:12 PM

Lon: You are officially off my stink list with this one! Really beautiful color palette and for my tastes the processing is most excellent. Great scene superbly captured and rendered. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 31, 2010 at 7:35 PM

Fantastic comp, light, color, and dof. Outstanding!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on July 31, 2010 at 7:52 PM

Lon,

Composition is wonderful and those shades of green amazing. Looks pretty good for a P&S, and on the web you couldn't tell it was not made with the 4x5. The web is so misleading with regards to real image quality, too bad.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 31, 2010 at 7:55 PM

Great mood and light Lon. Love the tones, hues and textures as well as the darkness in the image. Beautiful image. No suggestions.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on July 31, 2010 at 11:34 PM

Thanks for the comments folks, I appreciate it very much. Hope to get my film back in a few days and we'll see if I have anything worthy of posting here.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 1, 2010 at 9:19 AM

Nice "capture" with the P&S, Lon! Too bad you did not get this sweet image with a real camera.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on August 1, 2010 at 9:50 AM

Beautiful image. Saturation looks very good to me. I like the feeling of depth and the lupine blooms interspersed with the corn lily leaves. 4x5 or not, a very nice capture.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on August 1, 2010 at 9:53 AM

Lon, you definitely caught some sweet light, color and detail through this pretty little scene. Beautifully done as always.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 1, 2010 at 11:36 AM

Fantastic busy capture Lon. I like everything about this.

Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on August 1, 2010 at 2:45 PM

I love images of corn lilies but throwing lupine into the mix puts it over the top. I can just imagine what a 4X5 trannie of this would have looked like on the light table.....

Registered on November 1, 2003, 176 Posts, 2302 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 1, 2010 at 9:11 PM

Hi Lon

: The proof is in the pudding ...... the camera does not make the image, It's the photographer.

But the pt-n- shoot camers do have super DOF

.... Love this composition, along with the vibrant green tones and amazing light.

Albert Darmo. Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 2, 2010 at 12:27 AM

Lovely flora image. Looks perfect and would not change anything.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on August 2, 2010 at 11:32 AM

Superb image Lon.... goes on to prove how much is in the photographer's eye rather than in the gadget. Most marvellous capture

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on August 2, 2010 at 5:09 PM

Fantastic Image....perfect comp and beautiful light

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