Bright Red + REPOST

Gallery: FloraPosted March 21, 201177 views9 comments

Time for a different flower to work. I choose this one (don't know what type of flower this is) because I really struggle with the highly saturated, bright red colors.

D7000
150 mm macro
ISO 100
f 5.6
0.8 seconds
-0.67 EV

As always, comments and critiques welcome.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 21, 2011 at 10:43 PM

Steve: This is another variety of gerbera. I like your POV showing some of the center this time. Very nice handling of the reds IMO. Top notch shot. >=))>

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on March 21, 2011 at 11:04 PM

Great subject separation Steve and the reds look rich and perfect to me. Very well done for my tastes.

pat

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on March 22, 2011 at 8:57 AM

Excellent job on colour management Steve. Only suggestion is to crop tighter. There is alot of negative space that takes away from the main attraction for my tastes.

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Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on March 22, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Thanks for the comments! I took Bob's suggestion and cropped out some of the negative space.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on March 22, 2011 at 2:28 PM

Steve, the repost is on fire. Much more dramatic for me!!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 22, 2011 at 3:38 PM

Yep, reds are tough to translate, if you ask me. You've done a fine job with that here. Again, the lighting is excellent. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM

Your ability to show separation of subject from BG is great. Well chosen settings in my opinion.

Bob

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on March 24, 2011 at 10:11 PM

The reds look excellent to me and I enjoy the light on the stem as well as the bloom. The crop is a wonderful alternative to the original!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 27, 2011 at 3:33 PM

Steve: Just coming back to the repost. It is excellent. Actually a different image since its so much tighter. Well done.>=))>

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