When I saw these nestled among the weeds and "stuff" under and around them, my first thought was to pass them by. But they were too beautiful not to capture. Because of where they were, it wasn't really possible to get them pleasingly from another angle. I have 2 questions.
1. How do you all handle the little uglies that surround a subject and still maintain a sense of their environment? I don't really want just two pretty flowers floating in nothing - most of the time.
2. I messed around with placement quite a bit. I didn't want these to appear overly centered and static looking, but 2 of a thing with the same shape sort of begs to be centered to some extent. I ended up chopping off a leaf out front, but that was more because of the "stuff" issue. How might some of you handled the placement of the flowers in the frame?
Very nice capture. Beautiful detail on the white petals. About the background distractions that you mentioned, I usually use dof to make the background less visible, as you did here.
I like this comp with the twin trilliums, and they fill the frame nicely.
Harald
The background is dark enough and blurred out enough for me. Sometimes if there is a particularly bright stick or something I'll clean it out.
I think your exposure is right on and I think you've done a fine job with the comp. It's sort of a "specimen" shot but it's not bad at all.
Janet, this is a wonderful composed and exposed photo. The only element that I see that is even minimally distracting in the BG is the small green leaves below the LH flower. Other than trimming it out prior to taking the photo, I see no better option. Well done.
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7 replies1. How do you all handle the little uglies that surround a subject and still maintain a sense of their environment? I don't really want just two pretty flowers floating in nothing - most of the time.
2. I messed around with placement quite a bit. I didn't want these to appear overly centered and static looking, but 2 of a thing with the same shape sort of begs to be centered to some extent. I ended up chopping off a leaf out front, but that was more because of the "stuff" issue. How might some of you handled the placement of the flowers in the frame?
Thanks,
Janet B
2. I'd have done it just like you - going for the appeal of "twin" trilliums..
I like this comp with the twin trilliums, and they fill the frame nicely.
Harald
I think your exposure is right on and I think you've done a fine job with the comp. It's sort of a "specimen" shot but it's not bad at all.
Beautiful shot Janet!
Excellent image. One of the better Trillium shots I've seen.