Primrose

[OvidiuCavasdan]

40D, EF 100mmF2.8 Macro
F/29
1/8 sec
ISO 250
I was visiting a greenhouse and tried some pictures of primroses. A lot of varieties and beautiful rich colors.
Natural light, tripod, manual mode, slightly crop, levels, selective color adjustment, sharpening. Histogram shows some clipping on left ocuring after compression.

[Harold Davis]

hi ovidiu, you have a beautiful subject and i really like the composition. it looks a little dark on my monitor. might lighten it a tad and sharpen the stamen a little more.

techwise, i would bump the ISO to get more shutter speed and and/or use some flash fill. good job using the tripod!! will help a lot!!!

[Lance Peters]

Mr H has it covered - a little dark perhaps - Nice composition and lovely rich colours.
Good show :)

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great composition. Agree with the techs covered by Harold.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Did the blacks get clipped around the yellow Ovidiu? I like your comp, and wouldn't be hard to start with a little lighter version so they don't get clipped in the conversion. Love the colour of purple.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Still some yellow underexposed, tried to fix it more but then I got overexposure on lighter parts of yellow.
Thanks for comments.

[Oscar Dewhurst]

Great image! :) I prefer the unedited version as I feel that the dark purple petals help emphasize the middle of the flower. The way that the colours go from yellow, turning into red and then purple is really nice. I really like the composition as well.

Oscar