Another taken with Catherine on the Tulip outing.. Still dealing with dappled light here.. I decided to darken the bottom of the frame some - added a little vibrancy to deep colors at the top. Used a little blur around the edges to bring attention to the inner flowers. I hope this works a little better than the last. Overall I like elements in most of my photos this season, but they all contain elements I do not like. Many of these I am working through Color Efex 4.0 to play with some different effects.
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 100mm Macro
ISO-200
f/2.8
1/2000 of a second
Posted by Scott Smorra on May 10, 2012 at 12:29 AM
Nice colors and lighting here Ned. I can't decide about the OOF flowers in the back. I really like the foreground set of tulips, but I'd prefer the background set to either be sharper or more OOF.
Hey, Ned, I remember your shot. The light was getting just right to really bring out the colors. The image shows it well. I like the choices you made in your processing, too. A thought about the bg: what about a little brighter? or, again, crop down just a bit.
Here's one of mine, same flowers-- the Salmon Parrot Tulip-- where I let the bright backlight paint over their already bright color with the light and shadow forms of their petals. Have no idea what people will think of it, but at least they show examples of side lighting and backlighting on flowers! Thanks for letting me tag on.
P.S. Forgot to say that I cloned foliage into a strip of dirt between rows, as it better conveys the perception of what it was like to be there among all that color.
Would love comments and thoughts about how we chose to manage the very bright light in the couple of hours right before sunset, both in-camera and in post processing. Thanks for looking in.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 11, 2012 at 10:53 AM
The back lighting looks cool. I was definitely having a hard time of liking my stuff. Thanks for posting to show the differences..
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4 repliesCanon 5D Mark II
Canon 100mm Macro
ISO-200
f/2.8
1/2000 of a second
Here's one of mine, same flowers-- the Salmon Parrot Tulip-- where I let the bright backlight paint over their already bright color with the light and shadow forms of their petals. Have no idea what people will think of it, but at least they show examples of side lighting and backlighting on flowers! Thanks for letting me tag on.
P.S. Forgot to say that I cloned foliage into a strip of dirt between rows, as it better conveys the perception of what it was like to be there among all that color.
Would love comments and thoughts about how we chose to manage the very bright light in the couple of hours right before sunset, both in-camera and in post processing. Thanks for looking in.