My favorite tulip again...this time with it's beautiful long stems included. This is an image I created today while it poured down rain outside. I noticed the compression is playing with my sharpness just a bit more than in the original.
Canon 40D, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
f8 @ 1/40th, ISO 400
Manual mode, pattern metering, Shady WB
Handheld, no flash
Processed in ACR & CS4
Julie, this is outstanding!
I really love flowers and this one is no exception. Love those pastel colors and composition but I would like to see the cloth on the table a bit less white since you loose the base of the jar, it seems like the glass is floating in the air.
Hey Jules, I've been busy doing an art show the last three days and the weather was beautiful doing the show and today I want to go out and shot and its raining:( so I know how you feel. Nice comp and good details and BG. I guess I'll just take care of some business today. Weather man says we may even get some snow tomorrow night:confused:
Ah, so that's what they look like. Beautiful flowers (mustn't forget the Grape Hyacinths as well). I like the two vase set up so odd number rule be darned. I do wish the third tulip in the back had a better agent and got better positioning in this image. It looks a bit lost back there.
I like how you set up the flowers--creative use of two vases. The tan BG color works for me. I think the white tablecloth draws the eye away and is too stark. I know setting up this type of shot is challenging. I've been looking at a book of flower photos, with a section on photographing flower arrangements to get some ideas. So far, my favorite solution is the one used by Robert Mapplethorpe. Go to http://www.darjanpanic.com/photograp...t-photography/
Flexibility
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote