Sego Lily + Reposts

Gallery: FloraPosted May 22, 201172 views8 comments

I was shooting some rock formations in Arizona when I came upon This lovely lily growing in the sand. All comments are welcome and appreciated.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/125
Aperture f8
ISO 400
53mm
90% of original
+1 Exposure Comp.
Levels
Sharpening

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on May 22, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Beautiful bloom. I've never had the pleasure of seeing a Sego lily. The background lighting here is really a challenge especially on the right side. If you have the NIK filters, I would suggest using the darken edges slider to tone the background down. If you don't it would take alot of work with the burn/dodge tool.

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

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 22, 2011 at 10:44 PM

The bloom is beautiful Richard. I agree with Patricia about darkening the bg some and with the approach. Excellent composition and a fine capture.

pat

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

Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 23, 2011 at 3:24 AM

Perfect DOF and all structures. I like very much the overall arrangement, only the bright spots in BG are disturbing. The flower is perfect and well placed within the frame. Nicel done Richard.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 23, 2011 at 8:21 PM

Richard:
The center of this flower is really striking!! Fabulous capture considering the very harsh light on the right. I agree with Pat's suggestion on darkening the bright bg. Another tool you could try is Viveza from NIKS which you could download a trial version.

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 23, 2011 at 11:13 PM

Richard: This is a wonderful capture of the main flower. The BG is a major negative for me. I'm not sure if there is any simple processing fix for it. Since the lily is in the shade I would have looked for a way to shade the BG as well, even by as simple a method of casting your own shadow over them. I would be tempted on this particular capture to crop severely and just include the lily center. >=))>

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 24, 2011 at 10:16 AM

Here are two reposts after the comments made. I would appreciate very much more input as to whether either one works. Thanks for taking time to look.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 24, 2011 at 10:17 AM

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Comment posted by Ron Pederson on May 25, 2011 at 5:49 PM

Nice job with the flower; as per other comments the BG doesn't help. Your first repost is better...but the 2nd really changes things. Becomes a much more abstract study and a stronger image. But, the noise level comes into play; starting with ISO-400 then zooming in. Still, I prefer the last version. BTW, I use this same lens for much of my shooting.

Registered on October 19, 2010, 95 Posts, 470 Comments