Colors of Flower

[Krishna Prasad kotti]

I made this image at Red Butte Garden UT Yesterday.

It light begin so bright, I decided to photograph the underside of the flowers and the colors.

Hope you like it.

Nikon D850, Sigma 150 Macro Lens
ISO 800, f 4/2, 1/4000 sec
Manual Mode, Matrix Metering

Post Processing:- Cropped a little from the bottom.
Cleaned up some spots,
Nik 40-40 filter at reduced opacity
Cloned some highlights
Used Some burning and Dodging for Toning.

Thanks
Krishna

[Jonathan Ashton]

Krishna these flower shots are really good! I like the shallow DOF it concentrates attention on the sepals, beautiful colours and very simple yet effective composition.
If it were mine I would reduce the brightness ans saturation. I would suggest you launch the jpeg into PSCC, then apply a Levels or Curves layer then click on the parameters you will see the saturation and brightness is too high, i.e. the colours are blown (despite it being a very attractive image). If you go back to the raw file and reduce the saturation of the yellows a little and the luminance likewise I think you will end up with an even better finish.

[John Mack]

Very nice. Love the shallow focus and the colors throughout the image. Maybe a little more room at the top. Still nice as is.