2011 Revisited #3 + Repost

Gallery: FloraPosted December 19, 2015876 views9 comments

This is another from July 2011. This is a cram taken in my backyard. I was just starting to practice the technique.

ISO 200, 150 mm macro, f/3.5, 1/320the sec, hand held

Comments always welcome.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on December 19, 2015 at 10:02 PM

This is wierd, Steve. I commented on this one first thing this morning but must not have pushed the right button. I love this one with the light in the center of the subject blossom and it's relatively sharp detail with everything else so well blurred. The faintly visible blossoms in the bg echo the main subject nicely and convey the idea that this is a whole bed of this flower. Well done.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on December 20, 2015 at 9:34 AM

I like this a lot, Steve. The light on the main flower is gorgeous, and I like the yellow wash. Fine tecnique and result on the cram. I will disagree with Dennis about the bg echo flower, however. To me, it almost loooks like a processing artifact, and is distracting. Makes the viewer wonder what it is. I'd probably crop this image from the top down to the start of the yellow petals in the bg flower, and then crop from the right to the final desired image ratio/comp. crying

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 20, 2015 at 11:40 AM

Hi Steve

I too enjoy this image. but agree with Scott about the crop on top and rt side. to make this an even stronger composition cool

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Kennedy on December 20, 2015 at 3:22 PM

Thanks for the comments! I cropped a little from the top and right as suggested, plus I cloned out the ghost twin above and left of the main bloom.

Registered on March 9, 2009, 79 Posts, 676 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on December 20, 2015 at 4:49 PM

Steve, I was actually referring to the main ghost flower top center. Maybe that's too much of a crop.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Mark James Ford on December 21, 2015 at 11:50 AM

Hi Steve, the light on the main flower is wonderful - a real dreamy composition - If you don't want to crop so much (as suggested and sorry, but which I also think would give a stronger composition, but only in as much as there is really then only one subject) you could try bluring out the top main 'ghost' the rest of the image is more than soft enough that this would also work and I think the placement of the main flower would then work very well as currently positioned. Cheers, Mark

Registered on January 16, 2015, 60 Posts, 430 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on December 22, 2015 at 5:41 PM

I like it Steve! Nice wash of color and nice detail in the main subject. Nicely done!

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on December 22, 2015 at 8:09 PM

Steve, I can't help but like this as is. Removing the very faint ghost, OK, but sometimes too many cooks, You know? devil

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 26, 2015 at 4:07 PM

Steve: A very nice cram to begin with and your revisions make it even better. Top notch shot. >=))>

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