Fallen Petals

This is a really interesting effect Gaurav. I like how dimensional it is --it's like looking at a miniature set or something like that. Would love to hear what your goal was with this and whether you've done others.

THis brings to mind silk flowers - lovely!
Interesting processing -
Sandy r

thanks for the comments so far.

Ana - Short answer is that there was no goal really. I came across this beautiful scene in a garden nearby. There was't really any goal that I had set myself. The first idea was to capture this at the wider end of my telephoto lens so that it doesn't appear too 2-dimenstional and small aperture (f-20) in this case to get good dof also. On viewing the original image, I found the ground to be too busy, which led me to experiment using variety of techniques such as Orton. Eventually, i struck the above combination to get this impact.
I have tried this for other images as well, but it doesnt always work well and needs variation in the post-processing. Mabe I will post some of these as well in the coming days.

An excellent feel you have here. Amazing feel and look with the soft colours and subdued look. Clever seeing and even better result. All adds up to one GORGEOUS image.

All the best Gaurav, this is beautiful

Danny.

Gosh, this is good Gaurav!!! Love the color of the petals and the whole feel of it!! Great job!!

Hi Gaurav, thanks for telling us more about the shot. This was a great way to handle the busyness and I find it interesting also because at least to my eye the effect makes the individual elements seem very three-dimensional but at the same time because the surface texture of the foliage has been smoothed out it also serves to bring the background into the same plane as the foreground. It plays some neat tricks with depth.

Beautiful. I love the colors.

thank you all for your comments

Congrats on your EP. Well deserved.

Hi Gaurav!! I KNEW I liked this shot!! Congrats on the EP!! Double congrats!!!

Wow, Gaurav.... certainly a unique composition and effect! Very creative. I like the pastel tones and the 3D feel.

Absolutely fantastic, Gaurav! Sorry I missed this in its original posting. This is so artful, the colors delicate yet vibrant, the subject captivating for the fact that I, for one, walk past the ravaged, fallen camelias with sadness and certainly not an urge to photograph them and make them so beautiful a remembrance.
Thank you. And many congrats on the Pick!

thank you all for your kind comments

Superb piece, it is so 3 dimensional and the color combo is fantastic. Absolutely outstanding. Congrats on a well deserved EP

Just a stunning and creative piece of work Gaurav.

David M. Cobb

Fabulous!!!