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Jun 21 |
Reply |
Hi LuAnn,
I'm happy to respond to your question. I feel much more learning would take place in these groups if more questions were asked.
The background you used I find distracting due to the detail in the rocks. The background becomes a study in itself and competes with the main subject the columbine. My eye is brought into the image with a great lead in line the stem to the main subject, the yellow columbine. Now my eye wonders to the background due to the detail. The two main areas are the two brighter areas in the lower and upper left corner areas where there the most detail is found. There are a few other minor areas but these two areas become a study in themselves. There's too much detail, color and patterns in the rock.
Another side note I have taken many columbine pictures and one thing I find important is to do some cleaning of the flower itself. Columbines have short sticky hairs all over them and they tend to catch lots of fuzz which can be distracting in an image. I usually carry, what I call pipe cleaners, with me to remove the fuzz with out causing damage to the flower. Just a gentle twist will remove the fuzz sticking to the flower. These can be purchased at craft stores. I also carry a diffusor and a reflector called sun with me. I usually don't like to shoot flowers in full sunlight because of harsh contrast of light. I will diffuse the light hitting the flower and use the reflector as my secondary light to open up the shadows to bring out detail in the shadow areas.
I did a little work on the image to remove the fuzz off the bud and removed a shadow on one tail and darkened the background some.
I hope this answers you great question. Thanks |
Jun 13th |
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| 3 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
Mike I like what you did with the Columbine and the flip. I like how the stem brings the eye into the image and up to the flower. This composition shows the natural way Columbines grow and how the flowers hang down. This makes a great diagonal coming in the image from the lower left corner. I might darken the the bright areas in the background a bit more.
I don't care for changes LuAnn made and feel the background in the changes she made are a bit distracting. I also like being able to see the connection of the bud to the stem. This adds much to the composition and is important in the composition. Without this connection there's no need for the bud. It becomes a distraction to my eye. |
Jun 6th |
1 comment - 1 reply for Group 3
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| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
Thanks for the visit and the nice comments. |
Jun 24th |
| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
Thanks for the visit. Appreciate you taking the time to visit and make a comment. |
Jun 24th |
| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
Love the contrast in colors and the textures. I did a crop on the right side and increased structure which gave the image a little more detail. What do you think of the crop? |
Jun 18th |
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| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
I like what Carissa did with this image. Agree with the other comments. Find the white object distracting. Great subject and like the pattern of the leaf edges. |
Jun 9th |
| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
Love the crab spider, they are fun little critters. I really like the color of the flower bud and the color on the spiders body. Great background and like the strands of spider web on the flower. Great shot.
I had to play around. Did a crop and did a 90 degree turn to the left. Interested to see what others think. |
Jun 9th |
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| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
I allowed the lighter area on the left side to remain because it was another rose in the background that was out of focus. I did debate removing it but I kind of liked it there.
My sunlight reflector is the one I use in most all of my images when shooting flowers. It becomes my secondary light used to fill in the shadow areas to bring out detail in those areas. It is a solid color somewhere between gold and silver but more towards gold. I love what it does.
I may have said this before but I always use a polarizer. If you compare with and without you would never shoot without. |
Jun 9th |
| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
I like this. Like the diagonal going up through this from the lower left corner. I feel the image lacks impact. I see the possibility of other great close-ups of induvial flowers in this image. |
Jun 6th |
| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Reply |
For me an overcast sky is a must when shooting flowers. |
Jun 6th |
| 6 |
Jun 21 |
Comment |
Great image, very well done. I like the colors and your selection of colors and their order. Great lighting and I agree with Tracy, I like the saturation of the colors. The saturation is a plus when you use a polarizer. A little about a polarizer later. I like the location of the one sharpened pencil, the focal point. Like the diagonal arrangement. Great image.
The use of a polarizer improves the the colors in an image. A polarizer can make a big difference not only to skies but all colors in a image. You mentioned the challenge of avoiding the distracting specular reflections from the light source. A polarizer will do wonders with this problem as long as the light source is 90 degrees to the subject. If you use your index finger and your thumb to form an an L shape, point your index finger at the light source your thumb will be pointing the direction where the polarizer will remove glair and be working best. Another way to put this is if you are standing with the sun at your back the polarizer will work at a max. at 3 and 9 o'clock directions but not at 6 and 12. This is important to remember when using a polarizer. |
Jun 6th |
6 comments - 3 replies for Group 6
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7 comments - 4 replies Total
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