Genesis in Orange

[kostas nianiopoulos]

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6033/genesisinorange.jpg

crop , levels , brightness , clone tool , box blur on BG .

canon 50d , f7 . 1/60 , iso 200, EF USM IS 100MM MACRO.

thanks for watching .

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Kostas,
Not bad on this compositionally but it seems you have a problem with the reds. Could be because of the brighness or levels but the red in the center of the iris loks almost muddy. You may want to try this againin the post processing to see if you can keep that in check.

[Ken Childs]

I agree with Roman that the reds are a problem. I see a halo around the edges of the flower that is pretty prominent and it makes it look like you cutout the flower and pasted it on to a different BG. I would also like to see more DOF. The comp works well IMO.

Shooting Cannas has always been a problem for me. Their flowers are too haphazard and I never seem to be able to choose a proper comp or angle. :confused:

[Stuart Frohm]

It is beautiful on my iMac's monitor. (It is a 1 GHz Power PC G4 — one of the older, "lamp" style iMacs.)

Thanks very much for posting the very nice photo.