Shore Acres Rose

Gallery: FloraPosted August 24, 2012121 views12 comments

One of many roses and flowers at Shore Acres State Park, south-west of Coos Bay, Oregon.
Taken on a rather foggy summer's day.
Processed in ACR and PS5-not much done to the rose, but the background was worked on to make it less conspicuous and provide better contrast for the rose. Comments and Critique appreciated.

Canon 7D
100 mm macro
1/160
F 7.1
-1.00
ISO 100

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on August 25, 2012 at 12:06 AM

Very nice presentation and colors. I particularly like the front petal with the details and water drops. You also did a nice job with the background - it really sets off the colors. My only suggestion is to tone down the highlights a bit as they appear a bit strong.

Nice capture!

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on August 25, 2012 at 9:36 AM

Beautiful Rose image, Allen! The front petal maeks the shot IMO. Maybe it is an idea to clone the sepals out? I find them a bit distracting.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on August 25, 2012 at 3:11 PM

Lovely details on this brilliant orange rose. The front petal is especially nicely detailed. I will often desaturate this color just a bit, as it comes out of the camera pretty hot. Think the body of the flower might pick up a little more detail as a result, too.

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Comment posted by John Neukirch on August 25, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Wow Allen it appears to me that you got very good DOF shooting this with a macro at 7.1. Nice!

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 26, 2012 at 7:39 AM

That front petal really supports this whole scene in my opinion Allen. Very nice work.
Bob

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Comment posted by Jaymes Dempsey on August 26, 2012 at 12:04 PM

Lovely image! The colors are exquisite, and I like the composition with the open petal leading the eye in.

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Comment posted by David Bostock on August 26, 2012 at 6:49 PM

Allen, this is sweet. Nice work on the background. The DOF on the rose is perfect. Well done.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 26, 2012 at 8:51 PM

Hi Allen

Terrific detail and stunning color make this great eye candy, excellent work

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 26, 2012 at 9:11 PM

Allen - Even I am surprised at how much DOF you got at F/7.1 - may be it was a big bud.

Love the light, water drops and the petal veins so very well seen. I'd have loved to see the stem a little bit to minimise the floating feel.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 27, 2012 at 5:29 AM

Allen:
A very strong image and the detail texture of the front petal really draws the viewers in. The tip of the sepal along the right edge of the bud is a little distracting and may be worth cloning out.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on August 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM

The composition here is excellent! I think the highlights are way blown out, if you toned them down you might get even more detail!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on September 6, 2012 at 7:13 PM

Bold color and great details Allen, I think it works well with the mostly black BG.
I agree with Gary, I'd clone out that little tick of orange RT side of the bud to improve it.

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