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sweet magnolia *added color ver.*

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Posted by Ned Fenimore on June 19, 2006 at 2:08 PM
sweet magnolia *added color ver.*
Taking a little break here at my sister's house, I decided to try my hand at one of the blossoms of this huge magnolia tree she has blooming in the front yard. The fragrance of these are unlike any I've experienced, and the blooms are quite large.

1D2 with 70-200L
Posted by Jeremy Cram on June 19, 2006 at 2:41 PM
Beautifully soft. The B&W is perfect for this. :smile:
Posted by Richard Voninski on June 19, 2006 at 2:48 PM
Very nice Ned,

Advice on how you did the conversion?

RichieV
Posted by Marc Adamus on June 19, 2006 at 3:00 PM
Ned, we can add 'Flower Master' to 'Water Master' on your photographic resume.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on June 19, 2006 at 3:15 PM
Hi - thank you...

On this I converted to B&W using Photokit with its 1/2 green filter. I used the same program to add a 50 ISO film grain look, as well as its center clear blur filter, +1 intensity. There was also a little bit of overall brightness reduction and contrast addition. I shot this on my sister's office floor - straight down with my Gitzo 1325 at full extension, standing on a chair. It was right at minimum focus distance for the 70-200. It is also in a vase, and is on a 20x30 sheet of black foam core board.
Posted by Mark Hudon on June 19, 2006 at 3:23 PM
Damn!
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on June 19, 2006 at 3:57 PM
Really beautiful - Great idea to use black foam core for the bg.
Posted by Tim Goodspeed on June 19, 2006 at 4:49 PM
Excellent! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Kevin Hillegass on June 19, 2006 at 11:35 PM
The detail is something else, Ned. I like it.

Kevin
Posted by Mahesh Thapa on June 20, 2006 at 12:54 AM
Great b&w, Ned...absolutely great! :)
Posted by Sean Watson on June 20, 2006 at 11:47 AM
Ned, you nailed it. The texture on the petals and leaves is just awesome.

How did you light it?

Sean
Posted by Ned Fenimore on June 20, 2006 at 11:59 AM
Thanks for the comments! :smile: Sean, I used just whatever natural daylight was coming through the windows.. it wasn't really direct, and there wasn't much of it. Here is the color version...