Motif - Cholla Cactus Flower

[Lisa Williams]

I have been super busy with work lately, and haven't gotten to take any photos. So I dug this one up from May of 2007.
I changed the background to black, saturated the red flower, did a a little sharpening and here it is.

EOS 20D
1/640 sec
0 EV
F5.6
ISO 100
90mm

Do you think the flower is over saturated? It was about this bright, but I'm not sure. As always C&C welcome and appreciated.

Lisa

[Alfred Forns]

I like it Lisa The dark bg sure makes it pop out of the frame Would back down the sat just a little and darken center area !! Excellent !!!

[denise ippolito]

Lisa, It sure does pop. Very nice!

[Lisa Williams]

Alfred, thanks for the suggestions. Desaturated some, and tried to tone down (darken) the pollen. What do you think?
Denise, thanks for the kind words.
Lisa

[Alfred Forns]

Looks better Lisa !!! Remember the reds are overcooked on their own by the camera !!!

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lisa,
Excellent repost. The black background makes the flower stand out...good show...:cool:

[Lisa Williams]

Thanks guys, it was fun making the black background. I'm sure I did it the hard way, at least it seemed excruciatingly slow.