Pastel + Repost

Gallery: FloraPosted June 25, 201198 views10 comments

I love the gentle colours on dried Helichysums There's nothing like it in living flowers unfortunately ! This is just a pic of a bunch of dead flowers but what do you think ? Post a pic of a dead insect and you'd be shot !!

D200
Sigma 50 mm macro
100ISO 60th second @ f5.6

4 stacked images CZM
Cheers
JohnR

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 25, 2011 at 6:08 PM

Well John, I certainly like it. Love the highkey and the comp. It's a fine stack and the colors in the flowers are muted but very appealing. I also like the mood of it. The only thing I might consider is cloning out the two flower heads in the viewer's lower left. I think they conflict with the stems a little for my tastes. Otherwise, I like this image very much.

pat

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Comment posted by John Robinson on June 25, 2011 at 6:23 PM

Thanks Pat
Now that you mention it -it is pretty obvious ! Why didn't I see it

Cheers
john R

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 25, 2011 at 6:26 PM

It's probably just subjective John but it seems cleaner to me this way too. Good looking image.

pat

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 26, 2011 at 12:25 AM

John: You can post dead flowers like this anytime. This is delightful. I actually don't mind the flowers in the LLC but I also really like the repost. Wonderful image. >=))>

I edited your title to reflect the repost. You can do that yourself on the edit screen so that others know there is an adjusted image to view.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on June 26, 2011 at 6:59 AM

John this photo reminds me of late summer when we get these nice dry flowers. You have captured here an excellent colour palette. A bit more space at the top would be nice. Well done.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 26, 2011 at 9:30 AM

WOW John, print the repost huge and hang it. Wonderful in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 26, 2011 at 10:19 AM

Yes, the great light, the low contrast and the low saturated colors create beautiful pastel colors. For me is a really beautiful photo (the repost).
Take care.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by Morgan Casey on June 26, 2011 at 1:26 PM

Beautiful! All the colors and detail really shine in this. The different stem patterns really add to it as well. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 26, 2011 at 10:02 PM

John:
Beautiful. The repost is neater.
Another suggestion (and this may be entirely personal) is to lightened up the drop shadow for the frame - looks a little incongruous with a high key image.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on July 5, 2011 at 12:15 PM

Exceptionally fine work. All the elements work beautifully together, comp. color, bg, detail.

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