Canon 5D
100mm Macro lens
ISO 100
1/200 sec. at f/25
flash +1/3
Tripod
I did a re-shoot today. This time indoors w/ a flash and f/25, My first attempt at a dramatic effect-(please don't laugh) any help or tips would be appreciated. I did like the way this looked.
I don't know, Denise... everything looks right but for some reason the comp just isn't feeling quite right to me. I think it is the result of the juxtaposition of the QAL and the elegant setting. It is creating a creative tension that I am having difficulty reconciling. I could easily envision a red rose in the exact same position and setting and I think I would be fine with it. But the QAL doesn't seem to fit the mood. Does that make sense?
Denise, the comment above mind said it all. I will suggest you to use black piece of plexiglass instead of a glass. That you will have one reflection. With glass you get two on each surface and it's do not create a pure reflection.
I think they're right - it just seems weird to see a wildflower in an elegant setting. I do think you could pull it off with one that had more of a sweeping angle or one that had the stem in the BG and the flower coming right at you.
It also feels a tiny bit "stark" to me and that doesn't seem to go with QAL either. I think of this as more of a "natural" flower instead of an elegant one. Still, I bet if you worked at it, you could find a better angle and a little softer lighting and pull it off.
Hey Denise, go to see you're trying to be creative. I like the idea, but I think the stem looks to horizontal, would rather see it on a diaginol out near the lower corner.
Hey Denise,
I don't mid the black against white presentation....but do agree with a curve or sweep. I wouldn't settle on black either.......a pictue of water.......or sky and no reflection perhaps.......just some more ideas and possabilities.....glad to see you pushing yourself!
I'd use a black cloth for BG and shoot it at a diagonal coming from one of the bottom corners then convert to B&W. NIce attempt though. No laughing from me, as you'll give it back ten-fold in OOTB! :D
I think the light is too direct and too...errr...hard (not sure if that's the right description). Perhaps too much light, too. I don't think showing that much of the stem helps here, too. Looking forward to your next one.
Denise, I just looked at your B&W post of the lace and this one is strikingly different! There were several points made above that I agree on (would like to see it in a diagonal position, less stem, less harsh light). Having seen both, I do like your B&W version better, but also give you lots of credit for attempting something different here.
Re-shoot Queen Anne's Lace
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