As some of you know, this was one of the best years in some
time for wildflowers in the Merced River Canyon west of
Yosemite NP. I made many trips there this spring. Occasionally
when the wind came up or the light wasn't working for the
Poppies, I resorted to macro work. Here I was able to handhold
using a shallow depth of field. I'm a little concerned about
the blue blob at the top of the flower. Do you think that I
should clone in a portion of the striped petal over that area?
Feel free to comment.
Canon 10D
Canon 50 mm lens
Two Canon 25 mm extension tubes
Very soft and delicate look here, Robert. I might try a bit of cloning as you have mentioned, heck, it is always nice to at least make an attempt to improve things if at all possible IMO.
This is soft and lovely. The colors are very soothing and I think this is a great macro image. I'm not sure which "blob" you're talking about. In the UL, it looks more white than blue, but that's the area I think you're refering to. Personally, I would leave it as it adds to the pleasing softness of the overall image.
My only suggestion would be to actually clone the very tiny corner of the upper left to only include the white soft area. And also as an alternative crop, you could crop 1/2 of the green at the bottom, or all of it. Those two crops are quite different but still result in pleasing images. Otherwise, I think this is nicely done and I like it a lot.
Thanks, Lon for the good advice. I've tried some cloning and cropping, plus
some deepening of the blue and sharpening overall. Please feel free to comment.
I know I'm breaking the rules, but I hope you don't mind that I copied the image and made the changes I was suggesting.
I actually use the healing brush and rarely the clone/stamp tool. I think you need to be careful with the cloning tool as it's pretty apparent with the repeating shapes in the LLC. I'm not quite sure why you thought you needed to work on that area of the image. And the cloning in the ULC is also a little obvious.
I do like the color adjustments and sharpening you did. The crop works too, and attached is an alternate crop version, plus my cloning in the ULC (healing.)
Hmmmm, I guess I'd say I like both changes or repairs if you will that Lon and you have have posted here Robert.
This sure brings to the surface what could be an unending discussion on the art and ability to use PS in general. I personally lean toward using the clone tool to fix/repair/change things, but Lon's point is well taken too, especially with regard to close-up and macro work. Although I will say your changes Robert maybe somewhat apparent to some photogs, it may not even be picked up on by the general viewer so to speak.
One thing about PS that surely changes the playing field is the overall ability to use the proper tools and get what would be considered proper results I guess. Maybe for folks like myself who basically are only comfortable with using the PS processes it tends to push us a bit harder toward obtaining the best possible outcome from our field work in the end. With that said, there is no doubt there is obviously more then one way to get the image we may want, as well as how we may view others images as well.
Discussion
6 repliestime for wildflowers in the Merced River Canyon west of
Yosemite NP. I made many trips there this spring. Occasionally
when the wind came up or the light wasn't working for the
Poppies, I resorted to macro work. Here I was able to handhold
using a shallow depth of field. I'm a little concerned about
the blue blob at the top of the flower. Do you think that I
should clone in a portion of the striped petal over that area?
Feel free to comment.
Canon 10D
Canon 50 mm lens
Two Canon 25 mm extension tubes
This is soft and lovely. The colors are very soothing and I think this is a great macro image. I'm not sure which "blob" you're talking about. In the UL, it looks more white than blue, but that's the area I think you're refering to. Personally, I would leave it as it adds to the pleasing softness of the overall image.
My only suggestion would be to actually clone the very tiny corner of the upper left to only include the white soft area. And also as an alternative crop, you could crop 1/2 of the green at the bottom, or all of it. Those two crops are quite different but still result in pleasing images. Otherwise, I think this is nicely done and I like it a lot.
Lon
some deepening of the blue and sharpening overall. Please feel free to comment.
I know I'm breaking the rules, but I hope you don't mind that I copied the image and made the changes I was suggesting.
I actually use the healing brush and rarely the clone/stamp tool. I think you need to be careful with the cloning tool as it's pretty apparent with the repeating shapes in the LLC. I'm not quite sure why you thought you needed to work on that area of the image. And the cloning in the ULC is also a little obvious.
I do like the color adjustments and sharpening you did. The crop works too, and attached is an alternate crop version, plus my cloning in the ULC (healing.)
Definitely an image to get just right.
Lon
frequently have trouble with cloning.
This sure brings to the surface what could be an unending discussion on the art and ability to use PS in general. I personally lean toward using the clone tool to fix/repair/change things, but Lon's point is well taken too, especially with regard to close-up and macro work. Although I will say your changes Robert maybe somewhat apparent to some photogs, it may not even be picked up on by the general viewer so to speak.
One thing about PS that surely changes the playing field is the overall ability to use the proper tools and get what would be considered proper results I guess. Maybe for folks like myself who basically are only comfortable with using the PS processes it tends to push us a bit harder toward obtaining the best possible outcome from our field work in the end. With that said, there is no doubt there is obviously more then one way to get the image we may want, as well as how we may view others images as well.