
Originally Posted by
Julie Kenward
John, love the orchid...you take incredible photos of these plants and I feel so priveledged to get to view them.
That said...again...another problem with the BG. Can you see all the artifacts or noise or something (gosh, I wish I could figure it out) that is in the BG? I pulled the image down and opened up levels and moved the mid and dark tones all the way to the left and then scooted the whites over that direction as well and finally all the BG "stuff" went away.
I don't know if it's from the jpeg conversion or the way you're processing the images but there is more artifacts in your BG than most and I'm not sure why. All I know is when you go to a white BG they all but disappear. Maybe someone more experienced can tell us what's going on?
It's not that I like this BG better than yours - just presenting it so you can see the difference between it and the artifacts that are showing up in yours - especially the top left side of the frame.