Hibiscus Petal II

[kostas nianiopoulos]

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1482/mg4013.jpg


crop , levels , saturation , patch tool , healing tool . Some reflections of the flash has removed with the patch tool and the healling tool , i have add blur on the bg as it was a bit buzy .
the thing that is bother me here and i dont know a way to remove it , is the shadow of an leaf in the back side of the petal .



canon 50d , 1/160 , (speedlite 430ex II on+diffuser i have it 2 days now im gonna work a bit with it till i buy the twin lite of canon ) , f18, iso 200 .

thanks for watching .

[kostas nianiopoulos]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/356/mg4014.jpg

2nd option some levels has changed

[Aidan Briggs]

I prefer the first version as the colors seem a bit more natural to me. Good job getting all the droplets in focus. The shadow on the bottom half is a bit distracting IMO.

[Ken Childs]

Kostas, I also prefer the OP and like you and Adrian, I find the shadow a bit distracting. I don't know of any way to remove it cleanly so see if you can shoot it again, maybe as a diagonal comp. It's something think I think is worthwhile to revisit.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Kostas. All the in-focus water drops and the backlighting make for a very interesting image. Good job on the background. Here's another vote against the shadow of the leaf - for my taste, its one thing too many in the comp (I guess that's another way of saying that I find it distracting :) ). It would be difficult to remove in PP, so your best bet may be to try and reshoot - either from a different angle or by physically removing the leaf.

[Dave Mills]

Not much to add...agree with other comments...