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65 May 25 Comment You sure did well with your stack of 10 shots outside dealing with the wind. Lots of detail in the flowers. Very nice soft lighting so important when doing close-ups of flowers. Great background. I also might try a flip.

Being picky, I don't care for the single bud on the right. It creates a merger with the flower on the right. I feel the bud would be good if it was positioned away from the flower showing its own attachment to the main stem or removed.
Great image. 		May 19th
65 May 25 Reply I may have said this before, I make my backgrounds using the paint floral designers use to tint flowers. They come in most any colors in craft stores. May 10th
65 May 25 Comment Like this image a lot. I like the detail in the main tulip with the water drops an added plus. I like the composition with the main subject in the lower left in the group of three. Like how the main tulip is cradled in the leaves which separates it from the other tulips. You did well with the lighting using one main light on the left to bring focus on the main tulip with the other two tulips in the shadows which to my eye is important to the composition. This makes the image have great depth.

The only thing I might change is the color of the background. I feel a different background would give the tulips more impact. When I am shooting inside, I like to try different backgrounds I have made on mat board. It just takes seconds when set-up to change backgrounds and see what works best.

Great image. 		May 9th
65 May 25 Comment I love you stack of 13 images with sharp details in the petals of the tulip. I also like your background. I agree with Barbara the image is flat due to your lighting.

I have found when shooting in a studio set-up you will get flat images using two main light sources with equal placement from the subject. I find it best to use one main light somewhere around 45 degrees from the subject. I then use a secondary light source, which for me, is a reflector called sun. This will reflect some light into the shadow areas but less than the main light giving the subject depth. I also use this same reflector when shooting close-ups outside. When we shoot outside there is always one main light source, the sun. Try using one main light as I have explained along with a reflector. I like to get it right in the camera and not post. 		May 8th
65 May 25 Comment Thanks, David, for your comments. Yes, those are the seeds beginning to form in the seed pods. They are separate from the leaves. Each seed grows to be about the diameter of a pencil. Late summer the membrane on the outside (both sides) of the seed disk ripens and will slip off. The seeds will then fall to the ground leaving the translucent disk behind, about the size of a silver dollar. Thus, silver dollar plant. You can see the seed pods form very quickly as soon as the flower falls off. In this image there are both flowers and the fruit disks. May 2nd
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