DPChallenge: A Digital Photography Contest
 
Challenge Entries
Portfolio Images
Red Noir
Red Noir
MaryO


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Red IV (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Flowers and Bugs
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Nikon MF 105mm f/2.5 AIS
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jul 18, 2013
Aperture: 22.0
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Jul 19, 2013

 The flower is largely red, but I made the background redder, too. Just to be blatant about he redness.

A little nervous about this one. I love how it looks on my iPad; not as impressed on the laptop..

Had the 35mm + 20mm extension tubes on.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, levels, CEP (tonal contrast, Midnight effect, colorize red), vignette, blurred/cloned a ouple of bright spots in the background, resized, Nik sharpen, added border.

Statistics
Place: 23 out of 89
Avg (all users): 5.9524
Avg (commenters): 6.8571
Avg (participants): 5.7045
Avg (non-participants): 6.1311
Views since voting: 440
Views during voting: 181
Votes: 105
Comments: 7
Favorites: 0

Please log in or register to add your comments!

AuthorThread
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
 07/30/2013 11:32:56 PM
On my screen, this comes off a little soft, but it's a pretty flower nevertheless.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a1 II
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 07/30/2013 09:27:51 AM
Lovely! Love the tones and the processing and the depth of field. Beautifully done -- 8
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 07/30/2013 05:59:51 AM
Really gorgeous shot, I may have found the blue or the red. The dof is amazing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/29/2013 01:06:35 AM
Nice reddish cast overall.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Sony Alpha a7 IV
Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS
 07/27/2013 08:35:16 PM
I really like the color but the DOF to me misses the mark, The front petal and the middle of the flower have the best focus but they are not as interesting as The Stamen would be, IMO either changing to focal point to the area of the Stamen or adding some DOF to include the Stamen in the focal plane would have been nice. Good luck in the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM
 07/25/2013 09:44:58 PM
I LOVED the thumbnail of this and love the full size even more. Great, rich reds in this image. Lovely detail on the focused areas. Great lighting. I adore this photo!
(Voting later)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G
 07/24/2013 01:06:35 AM
Lovely image. Beautiful softness.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Theme: Classic / Light / Dark
Home - Challenges - Community - League - Photos - Cameras - Lenses - Learn - Help - Terms of Use - Privacy - Top ^
DPChallenge, and website content and design, Copyright © 2001-2026 Challenging Technologies, LLC.
All digital photo copyrights belong to the photographers and may not be used without permission.
Current Server Time: 10/15/2026 02:21:18 PM EDT.