I've been working on some images from my $5.00 bouquet of daisies that I purchased at the grocery store last weekend. On this one I got up close - I'm pretty sure I had at least one extension tube on. I then lowered the saturation on the BG (wall) and FG (center of daisy) colors until everything was a soft, pastel.
Canon 40D, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro & Kenko extension tubes
f3.5 @ 1/50th, ISO 500
Manual mode, cloudy WB, pattern metering
Natural light on an overcast day, handheld, no flash
Processed in ACR & CS4; levels adjustment, small crop, noise reduction, lowered saturation
Sublime colours and beautiful soft texture on the petals. I wonder about just a crop from the left to cut off more of the petal right on the edge. Just my perception though. Nice soft feel to the image Jules.
White on white. Lovely. I like the diagonal lines, the simplicity of shapes and tones. The crop is OK with me. I like the softness. There is a greenish cast to it, which is ok, but I wonder how it would look with a little less green.
I think you have now spent $15 on flowers, and we are the lucky beneficiaries!!:)
This is beautiful Jules. Wonderful white on white image and I love the soft, dreamy feel. I also like the warm, creamy whites in this. I would also maybe remove a tiny bit from the left to get rid of the slightly darker spot where the petal touches the frame.:)