Shades of Spring Purple-Repost

Your technique continues to improve with every image, Barbara. I like this a lot. Very nice palette of colors and well composed. It too reminds me of spring. I look forward to new images.

Great idea and arrangement of the flower stems. i also really like the "wrap"!
Not so sure about the fading dark areas of the tulips at the top. They look like such beautiful tulips, with such graceful lines, I think I'd prefer to have them bright and sharp, like the muscari.
I really like your concept and it's execution!
Sandy

Barbara, I like the fact that you tied the bunch to give it a floral posey arrangement look. The colour combo works well for my eyes. I agree composition is where the most of the work takes place with theses scans. That and housekeeping on getting rid of the dust specs.

On a separate note you asked what scanner I use. I'm using a Epson V500 scanner. (because it was on sale with free shipping )

Like your arrangement and the leaf wrapping around to keep it all together. The lightest part is highlighting the stem rather than the flower portion of the image. Otherwise, perfect!

Thanks everyone for taking a look and your comments. I continue to be challenged with scan work, but I do love the challenge. All comments have been noted for my future projects. Stay tuned for more.

Bob, I process my images in Nik Software's Viveza and find that if I put a control point on the black background and change the sliders, it reduces a lot of the dust specks so I'm only left to remove the ones that are on the objects themselves. It doesn't get rid of all of them, but a good portion of them. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

I really like the combination of purples and the different spring flowers Barbara. I wish that the stems of the muscari were not quite so bright, they sort of compete for attention with the real subjects it seems.

Nathan

Beautiful colors. I love the way the details in your scanner images fade to black without losing any of their sharpness. this image is particularly artful and refreshing

Barbara, I think this might "just my taste," but the colors look over-saturated to me. The stems are especially bright, as if they are the subject of the image.

There is a lot of depth to this, too, which might account for the amount of "fall-off" of light at the top, where it looks as though a vignette was applied.

The arrangement of the flowers is lovely and the concept is wonderful. This inspires me to try some more scans, too.

Very artistic, Barbara. I like it.

Barbara:
This is a much better 'arrangement' than the previous and adding the tulips makes this more interesting. As others has mention, the brightness in the stem seems to compete with the flowers. A suggestion is to reduce the brightness of the green in viveza and increase the brightness of the flowers. You may also like to reduce the saturation a tad as dark images appear more sat than normally exposed ones. I like how you are progressing with your scans

Thanks to everyone for taking a look at my image and for your comments. This scan art certainly is a challenge and I do appreciate all your feedback. I reworked this image to tone down the stems and brighten the flowers. Here is my reworked image. Thanks again everyone.

Really love the lighting here, Barbara, and the colours. Love the way the tulips are shrouded in shadows - I don't do scanning but this makes me want to have a go !

The second post is much, much better.

Barbara: Your best scan yet IMO. Love the arrangement and subjects. A fine piece of art. >=))>

Thanks to everyone for your comments. I do like the repost much better as the focus is not so much on the stems. I printed the repost and it looks great. I plan to enter this print along with two other scans for a juried show through my local camera club for an exhibit at one of Asheville's nicer cafe's. Thanks again for your feedback.

Ian, I have only been working with a scanner for a couple of months and just love the challenge. Give it a try. I have written a tutorial that is posted on my website under "tutorials" if you would like to take a look at my work flow. Just click on the "www" below and it will take you to my website. It's very fun.

Barbara you are really mastering that scanner, I love the light in both images. I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the next one !!