Goldenrod
I find Goldenrod a bit challenging to photograph.
Taken outdoors, overcast, with 105mm macro, tripod.
PP: Rotate, crop, clone out some leaves (using Denise's layer method--works great!), DeNoise, CEP>Low Key, Viveza, 2 textures, Merge layers then duplicate and use blending mode Color Dodge.
Constructive critique always sought!
Anita, I often used Solidago as a filler flower in floral arrangements especially during the fall season, the colors and tiny blooms added so much to the festive looks. I love the texture you chose for this. Beautiful! If it were mine I might try to reveal the front left area that seems a little OOF -it's probably the overlay. If you have the teeniest amount for the bottom to give a little buffer. Very nice work w/ the texturing.
Thanks, Denise. I always seem to crop too closely, and I appreciate being told! I fear the OOF area is actually OOF. I was practicing shooting outdoors and trying to get a blurred BG, which I didn't get, and ended up with too narrow a dof. I just cut a bunch of goldenrod to bring into the house. Do you still work with flowers?Originally Posted by denise ippolito
Anita, I often used Solidago as a filler flower in floral arrangements especially during the fall season, the colors and tiny blooms added so much to the festive looks. I love the texture you chose for this. Beautiful! If it were mine I might try to reveal the front left area that seems a little OOF -it's probably the overlay. If you have the teeniest amount for the bottom to give a little buffer. Very nice work w/ the texturing.
Beautiful Anita. Love the color palette. Simple plan presented in a most intersting way..............the textures are great. Agree on the OOF......sometimes a tad but if simplify and help. Excellent.
Nicely composed and processed, Anita. Like the texture, good suggestions above. My personal pref would be to darken the BG a bit more.
I haven't done any floral designing for a few years now. Every now and then I miss it. What I miss most is the smell of my old flower shop and the daily deliveries of assorted flowers that I got to play with!
Hi Anita;
Wonderful texture...great fall colors...I really like the gentle "swoop" of the stem through the image...it might be nice to have a little more room at the LHS and at the top. Like you, I tend to crop very tight...I like to think of it as a gift...
Like the framing with a bit more top and left. Count me in the Texture-Haters Club
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Will add more canvas as suggested by several posts. You may not like many of my images since I'm in the texture-lover club. But, we can still appreciate each other's work.Like the framing with a bit more top and left. Count me in the Texture-Haters Club
Hi Anita, good suggestions already above. I find Goldenrod much easier to photograph with my 80-400mm lens as it is much easier to pick an out-of-focus background due to the narrow field of view. If you have a longer lens you might find that works easier for you.
That is a good idea. I don't enjoy working with my 18-200mm Tamrom lens, so seldom use it. I like the use manual focus for flowers and find the manual focus on this lens less than delicate. But, maybe I could try it using the auto focus. Just didn't think of it.
Anita...I agree Goldenrod is a challenge. You chose the perfect texture for your image. Only wish bottom left was not oof and there was more room at the top
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