Morning Dew

Gallery: FloraPosted August 26, 201060 views7 comments

From the more recent archives... Haven't been able to get out and photograph flowers much this summer, but there are plenty of orchids in bloom that will be nice subjects in the upcoming weeks.

Nikon D300s 105mm f/2.8 VR + 1.7X TC HH
f/22
1/125s
ISO 250
-.33 EC

Full Frame, Double Sharpened tip of Flower, Sharpened remaining in focus areas, Noise reduction on BG, curves Adjustment.

- Luke

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on August 26, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Luke, your main subject flower is absolutely gorgeous. The light is even and perfect. The composition with the two angled blossoms is unique. Not crazy about that bud in the UR but the only idea I can come up with is to darken it to the same level as the OOF detail in the UR. And not even sure about that idea ...

But I still love the subject flower. Nice processing too.

Cheers,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 26, 2010 at 11:28 PM

The pink bloom sets off the yellow one nicely. Good details at the entrance of the yellow flower and the morning dew adds some additional interest. These flowers are tough to shoot head-on but you did it well with no major distractions.

If you so wish you can burn the brightness of the bud in the URC.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on August 26, 2010 at 11:32 PM

The details in the larger version really pop. The composition doesn't do anything for me though. The large bloom lower right is distracting IMO

Registered on January 14, 2010, 276 Posts, 2212 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 26, 2010 at 11:47 PM

Luke: Very cool find and capture and some real good processing steps. Very nicely done.>=))>

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

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 27, 2010 at 9:35 AM

I like the main subject Luke. For my tastes though the upper right bud and possibly lower right bud are distractions that weaken the composition. I guess you could try to darken them out in some way but I'm not really sure that you can, even if you want. Your processing is very effective in this.

Pat

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

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 27, 2010 at 8:27 PM

Main bloom perfectly captured and processed. Like the refreshing drops. Excellent details too.

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

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on August 28, 2010 at 6:28 AM

Very nice image, Luke! Every flower should be captured like this one, with the perfect light and drops of dew.

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