Cano 1D Mark III
100 mm Macro lens
1/40 sec. at f/6.3
ISO 400
Manual mode
Manual focus
HH
Natural overcast light
cropped
I took this image of an orange Celosia bloom this morning. I added some saturation and curves adj.
In-camera soft focus technique to get a painterly feel.
05-17-2010, 02:17 PM
Cindy Cone
Beautiful oranges and nice lines for this abstract, Denise. Just enough saturation, I think. I do like the effect achieved with the soft focus, but I might crop just a little off the top or remove those two darker spots at the top.
05-17-2010, 03:33 PM
Patti Edens
Denise, That's awesome! I love that blast of orange and I really like the way the main stem curves through the image.
Patti
05-17-2010, 04:06 PM
Kerry Perkins
Ooh! Pretty!! Really nice combination of soft and sharp, upward motion, and color control. Love it!
05-17-2010, 07:10 PM
Cheryl Slechta
Denise, the colors and motion are fantastic:) It looks like flames.
05-17-2010, 07:39 PM
Jackie Schuknecht
Maybe just a touch off the top. Great motion as mentioned. If it were mine I might try added more blacks to the neutrals. Just NIDA:)
05-17-2010, 09:15 PM
denise ippolito
Thank you all for your comments.:)
05-17-2010, 11:35 PM
Indranil Sircar
oh wow.... beautiful composition, Denise. Love the orange blast.
05-18-2010, 07:33 AM
denise ippolito
Indranil, Thank you very much.:)
05-18-2010, 07:40 AM
Mark Fuge
Nice image and application, Denise.
Nice soft colors.
05-18-2010, 05:33 PM
Ken Childs
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheryl Slechta
It looks like flames.
My thoughts exactly! :)
It's a great looking blast of color!
05-18-2010, 06:20 PM
denise ippolito
Mark and Ken, Thank you for your kind comments. Much appreciated.:)
05-20-2010, 05:17 AM
Anita Bower
Nice composition and fabulous colors. Works really well.