© reserved 2009, Richard Lovison
Olympus E-3
ZD 14-54mm @ 54mm
manual exposure - 1/4 sec f16
ISO 100
combination natural light and flash (fill at 1/4 power)
hand held using in-camera IS
© reserved 2009, Richard Lovison
Olympus E-3
ZD 14-54mm @ 54mm
manual exposure - 1/4 sec f16
ISO 100
combination natural light and flash (fill at 1/4 power)
hand held using in-camera IS
Hi Richard
I like it. Simple, contrasting with the BG and very elegant. Congrats! :)
Richard, Nicely composed and the Lily contrast nicely with the black BG, overall the image seems a little dark on my monitor but my iMac is starting to show its age so it could just be me.
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Nice comp. Richard,
lighting comming from the front puts the emphasis on the front petal and the underside of the right one. A reflector on top of the flower could have helped to fill the center a little more. Overall it is a very nice image.
Very nice composition on this one, Richard. You filled the space nicely and balanced out the frame really well. I also think it feels a little tiny bit dark in the center/top and center/bottom area. I understand you were going for the "appearing out of the dark" idea and I like it - just think it could use a touch more illumination in the center area.
Overall, it's a lovely image.
Thanks Don, Rene and Jules for your suggestions. In the repost I brought up the middle and also brought up the mid-tones using the curves tool. The corrections make a better print as the original was too subdued.
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Last edited by Richard Lovison; 07-09-2009 at 05:46 PM.
Beautiful,
You have made this flower stand-out very nicely.
I was going to basically ditto what the others had said then I got to your repost. the repost looks much better to my eye. The flower pops a lot more against that black background. Nicely done.