Solar flare

by Gary Yeoh

Gallery: FloraPosted January 31, 2011154 views15 comments

Continuing the fire theme (candle, furnace and now the sun

) with a dahlia abstract. Backlit LED.

D90 105mm F4 15sec iso200 tripod. Thanks for looking and C&C appreciated.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 31, 2011 at 7:06 PM

Love this one, colors are perfect for the "sun" image.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on January 31, 2011 at 7:55 PM

WoW! Perfect title for this one. The backlighting really brings out the color and patterns and the softness at the tip of the petals gives the impression of dancing flames. Great work!!

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on January 31, 2011 at 8:49 PM

I like this one a lot Gary. The back lighting is very effective. I might selectively darken (Viveza 2 probably) or bring the contrast up on the front of the center of the dahlia so as to increase the contrast, dynamic range between the yellows and the lower left part of the image. Mostly just style though. Love this led work you're doing.

pat

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 31, 2011 at 9:23 PM

@Pat: The center of the flower in the raw image was actually very dark. I brightening it up using Viveza (smile) to bring out the details.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on January 31, 2011 at 10:21 PM

This may be my favorite so far! Beautiful!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 31, 2011 at 10:50 PM

Gary: Oh this is fine! Great colors and superb concept and execution. Got a nice

-meter spike from this one. >=))>

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on January 31, 2011 at 11:43 PM

Man, that IS hot! ...and beautiful, too. Amazing lighting, intensive comp, great processing, and perfect DOF. Kind of makes my face feel hot, just looking at it (or mabe it's just the indoor air after spending some time outdoors in single-digit F. weather)

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 1, 2011 at 8:03 AM

Perfectly balanced composition- great backlighting effect with that beautiful palette- superb shot, Fabio

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 1, 2011 at 10:36 AM

Another strong image and perfect title! Outstanding series with these flowers, Gary!

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on February 1, 2011 at 5:27 PM

Beautiful light and colors...wonderful image

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on February 1, 2011 at 5:31 PM

Great glow Gary. Nice use of color and DOF.

Nathan

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Comment posted by beth summer on February 1, 2011 at 5:32 PM

Excellent, Gary. Love the series on this flower. The backlit really sings in this!

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Comment posted by Richard Morin on February 1, 2011 at 7:03 PM

Eye catching image, Gary! Love the backlighting! Awesome!!!

Registered on September 14, 2010, 14 Posts, 17 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 1, 2011 at 7:15 PM

Hi Gary

Everything works wonderfully here. The composition, light ,detail and color are all excellent!!

Albert Darmo. Canada

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

Comment posted by Paul Duval on February 1, 2011 at 11:27 PM

Gary,

Reminds me of looking into the fireplace after just throwing a fresh log on. NIce

Paul

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