"A Splash of Color"

[Gus Cobos]

“A Splash of Color”

Note:
This is a multiple exposure consisting of six frames. The ambient lighting was bounced and directed by means of reflector panels, and toned down by corresponding diffuser disks.

This is colorful lady was painted with a Nikon D300, using a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 IF-ED macro lens, with a stacked combination of a 36mm and 12mm Nikkor extension tubes.

Image Solution:
focal length @ 105mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / in camera matrix metering / 1/250sec. - f/40 / exposure comp @ +0.3EV / ISO @ 640 / white balance @ cloudy / AF - Mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution – ambient light / tone comp @ +1 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degrees / saturation factor @ +2 degrees / support platform - tripod assist, with macro focusing rail and remote electronic trigger release.

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Harold Davis]

a splash? more like a drenching! i like how you threw the bg out of focus. lots of elements working together. nice!!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Beautiful colours and framing Gus. Like how the focus is just getting the edges of some of the leaves.

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Really nice selective focusing. I like the colors and your composition.

[Alfred Forns]

Love the 3D effect Gus Lots of feel !!!

[Lance Peters]

Love the colours and the 3D feel. Nice one Gus :)

[carole wiley]

Another tremendous image. I think I would prefer it without the dark bits on top, I am not close to your expertise so that probably wouldn't work for most.

[Bob Miller]

Wow...this is great! Those green sepals are amazing....Might consider cropping some off the top to draw attention into the flower itself. Love it!