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Dahlia Meteor  w/REPOST
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Dahlia Meteor w/REPOST

by Craig Strand

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted September 5, 2011103 views9 comments
I didn't use a telescope to photograph this Meteor looking dahlia, just my macro lens. After processing this bloom with it's vivid colors it kept reminding me of what I thought a meteor would look like and so I pulled it back into photoshop and added some canvas and a tail.
The original image was shot early am with a black matboard held behind. It was a 13 photo image stack. I guess most meteors that look this "Hot" wouldn't still have dew drops. :biggrin:

PLEASE SEE UPDATED VERSION BELOW, REPOSTED

Larger version available, "Thanks for stopping!"

canon 7D
canon 100mm f2.8L macro
F/6.3 -0.67 1/250 ISO 125
tripod, cable, black matboard CS4. LR2, Niks suite of filters

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 5, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Craig:
This is creative - A meteoric dahlia!
Just a couple of suggestions to make it more meteor like. Rotate the image slightly so that the head is angling down more as if heading to ground. Also the leading edge of meteor is the hottest part so brightening up the base of the dahlia would make it more meteoric.

:toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by David W. Kelly on September 6, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Out of this world. Very cool and I like Gary's suggestion.
:cool:
Registered on October 7, 2005, 883 Posts, 6590 Comments
Comment posted by Craig Strand on September 6, 2011 at 5:26 PM
Thank you Gary for the excellent suggestions. The image is reposted here with the improvements!
Registered on March 30, 2008, 416 Posts, 2885 Comments
Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 6, 2011 at 7:38 PM
Very neat Craig and the repost is much stronger.

pat
Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 6, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Great way of putting an imaginative idea into print. Second post is just plain awesome!!!
Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 6, 2011 at 8:55 PM
Craig:
The re-post is just fabulous. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments
Comment posted by denise ippolito on September 7, 2011 at 9:49 AM
Love the repost! Great looking results.
Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments
Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on September 7, 2011 at 10:19 PM
So Hot!! Awesome!
Registered on October 10, 2010, 65 Posts, 904 Comments
Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 11, 2011 at 7:13 PM
Hi Craig :wavey: The repost is just out of this world[pun intended} :biggrin: Marvelous and very imaginative work :toast: :toast:
Albert Darmo
Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments