Black & White

Built me a little lightbox and started playing. I know absolutely nothing about lighting, but when I see something I like I know it.
Any and all critiques welcome. (How else will I learn?! )

I like it too. The highlights of the center of the flower look a tad hot on the monitor I'm viewing this on now. Minor nit though. Everything else looks great.

I like it too. I converted a few files to B&W last week for the first time. It really changes a lot of things in my perspective of view of an image. A few of my so-so color images, really stood out to me in B&W.

Mike, its a great image, well done, only minor nit for me is the broken leaf, when you do macros like this any foliage damage shows up. The flower looks great.

Bill

Mike – besides the two small nit-picks (a bit hot right in the center area of flower and broken leaf), this is GORGEOUS.

I think what makes this image really great is the separation between the three distinct shades of grey on the leaves, petals, and stem.

Great shot for “not knowing anything about lighting”!

Mike,
I like it too. Nice tonal range and balance between sharpness and softness. I also like the highlight along the leaf edges. Nice work!

I'm working my way through Vincent Versace's 'Welcome to Oz' book. He talks a lot about leading the eye using light-dark, contrast, shape, and sharpness. I don't see any obvious changes that this image needs but his techniques might interest you, particularly for this sort of image.

Thank you all for the kind words. I've taken care of the hot spot, (see repost) but not much I can do about the broken leaf. Had no choice seeing as this was the best rose of the lot.

Kalin, the book is on order. Thanks.