Diane Miller
06-08-2014, 04:18 PM
I spent a very enjoyable hour or so yesterday, browsing through the wonderful recent images here. I had no intention of doing my quota of comments for a post, but got carried away with delight and left 5-6 comments anyway. Then I figured, maybe I'd better put up or shut up. So I went dredging and came up with a really old one that might barely suffice. I wish the BG was not so busy but soon after I shot this there was a rustle at my feet (I was standing in a bed of ivy) and a sprinkler head came up and started (slowly at first) sprinkling. I was able to lift the tripod straight up and tiptoe out to safely.
Canon 20D (remember those?), 70-200 f/2.8 at 115 mm, ISO 800, f/9.5. The darkest tones in the BG are darker than I prefer -- I reworked it today from the raw file, in LR5, but should do a little more tweaking. I had exposed to try to get the most detail in the white flower, which I was pleased with. (It was in open shade.) Did some dodge and burn stuff and a little cleanup in PS CS6, all on the BG. The detail in the flower all came from the Develop sliders in LR5.
Canon 20D (remember those?), 70-200 f/2.8 at 115 mm, ISO 800, f/9.5. The darkest tones in the BG are darker than I prefer -- I reworked it today from the raw file, in LR5, but should do a little more tweaking. I had exposed to try to get the most detail in the white flower, which I was pleased with. (It was in open shade.) Did some dodge and burn stuff and a little cleanup in PS CS6, all on the BG. The detail in the flower all came from the Develop sliders in LR5.