Gallery: LandscapePosted June 28, 2011283 views9 comments
I went to Breckenridge, CO, yesterday and found some early Columbines. I had my wifes NEX-5 which is great for macros. Single image processed for lights and shadows, very slight orton.
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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on June 28, 2011 at 11:04 AM
I like the light and detail on the flowers Jack, but for me the rock in the background is too distracting. If it was possible to get more of the green in the background, it would've focused the attention on the flowers and been more pleasing to me personally. By the looks of things you guys are going to have an amazing flower display in the high country this year.
Registered on June 23, 2009, 21 Posts, 422 Comments
Comment posted by Randy Wilson on June 28, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I think the flowers are nicely done and you chose a good plane of focus. The upper right quarter is a bit of a distraction. Perhaps if you cropped it to vertical by taking a bit off the left and about a third off the right. There seem to be several stems broken off, which is also a bit disconcerting, and these could be cloned out.
Registered on June 25, 2009, 7 Posts, 85 Comments
Comment posted by Bruce King on June 28, 2011 at 3:09 PM
nice sharpness on the closer blooms Jack. great colors too.
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Comment posted by Sarah Marino on June 28, 2011 at 3:20 PM
Hi Jack - I am so happy to see that summer is coming to the high country! The flowers look really nice, but I agree with Jared that a green background might be less distracting. I like the processing - vibrant, but not over the top.
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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on June 28, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Nice columbine shot. Post-processing looks very good. A composition including just 1-2 of the flowers may have been more effective, but this works very well too.
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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 28, 2011 at 3:34 PM
The processing looks good here. I agree that the upper right corner is a bit of distraction
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Comment posted by Mark Stahlke on June 28, 2011 at 7:06 PM
That's a lovely group of columbines in a solid composition.
Nice job on the processing. I can never get the subtle blues of columbines rendered correctly.
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 28, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Jack,
What a lovely collection of Columbines, I like this. The color/saturation is excellent and I think this is a great example of a well done use of the Orton Technique. Sure, the technique is most widely used for a "glow" effect and most of the time is obvious or even over done. But when used simply as a contrast/color enhancement I think it's very effective. Sometimes things work best when you can't tell they were used... ;-)
Composition wise, I see the other's points about the UR, but I'm also wishing the flower that has it's back turned in the UL wasn't there either. I love the main trio cluster up front (ok, not a trio since there's more than one flower, but hopefully that made sense.) But hard to suggest anything thing different, crop or otherwise, without actually standing there to weigh out the options for ourselves. I think this works quite nicely as captured and presented.
Lon
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Comment posted by John Williams on June 28, 2011 at 8:51 PM
Beautiful Jack. I see what the others are saying about the empty corner, but regardless the columbine are glorious in their sharp detail.
Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments
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9 commentsNice job on the processing. I can never get the subtle blues of columbines rendered correctly.
What a lovely collection of Columbines, I like this. The color/saturation is excellent and I think this is a great example of a well done use of the Orton Technique. Sure, the technique is most widely used for a "glow" effect and most of the time is obvious or even over done. But when used simply as a contrast/color enhancement I think it's very effective. Sometimes things work best when you can't tell they were used... ;-)
Composition wise, I see the other's points about the UR, but I'm also wishing the flower that has it's back turned in the UL wasn't there either. I love the main trio cluster up front (ok, not a trio since there's more than one flower, but hopefully that made sense.) But hard to suggest anything thing different, crop or otherwise, without actually standing there to weigh out the options for ourselves. I think this works quite nicely as captured and presented.
Lon