I've been playing with this lily for a week trying to get the stamen to line up just how I wanted them while getting all the yellow through orange tones to shine through. Tonight, right before sunset, I finally got it!
Canon 40D, EF 100mm macro plus extenders
f5 @ 1/250th, ISO 400
Manual mode, evaluative metering, natural light
Processed in ACR & CS5; crop off the top, curves, color balancing adjustments
This is a beautiful abstract Julie. The special aspect of this image which enhances its aesthetic value is its almost monochrome nature with stripes (stamen) of different shades of yellows.
Hey Jules,
Way to go!!! I like the subtle tones in this and you have excellent sepration in the stamen! Might just twek the lower area of the 2nd and 3rd stamen.....to get a hair more sepration at the base......but minor tweak to a very creative and very well done image!
Excellent abstract, Julie! Lovely use of color and line. You nailed what you were after. The only thing I would change would be to move the left-most line out of the UL corner--either crop a bit from the left to move it down the side or add a little canvas and clone/quick mask in more BG. But I know some prefer lines going through the corner and work hard to accomplish exactly that. Very well done.
Hi Jules. A perfect title - I can almost taste the peach flavor! Lovely mix of pastels and it looks like you succeeded in lining up those stamens just right. Well done.
Hi Jules, good to see you here again! And what an image! The results were worth your effort. The color shades are wonderful and the curving stamen make a really appealing composition, leading the eye trough the image. Very well done!
Your patience and persistence paid off. Beautiful image! Love the slightly curved lines and the tones of yellow and orange. Everything is positioned just right. Simple and gorgeous!