I live in Western Washington (Seattle region) and we are known for our rain. Well, a seven day challenge with no rain! Out came the sprinkler and here is my simulated shot.
Shot at 190mm from far enough away to avoid the “rain”. I was forced to do a significant crop to make the shot more dynamic. Converted from RAW using RSE; DIP used to crop, increase dynamic range a touch using levels & curves, convert to b/w; used PSE3 to resize, sharpen and save for web.
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Thanks for all the comments. It is always interesting about the b/w vs. color issue as you can see by the comments. For those interested I converted to b/w so that the flower would not be as prominent. I wanted the rain to be evident since that was the subject and thought the brightness of the flower was distracting. And yes, this is a fake. I rant he sprinkler which created the slanted rain. Wind would have made it more difficult to get a sharp image.
The contrast here is a a bit blown. I think you could have burned the flower a bit so that it doesn't get lost in the image. The rain capture is fantastic. 6
Nice photo, the only thing is the angle of the "rain." If the wind was blowing that hard to make the rain come from this angle seems the flower would have been bending over in the wind a lot more.
Another wet flower shot... but hold on, this is one with a difference! I love the action, and the angle of the water drops is perfect. Real rain or not doesn't matter. I might have been inclined to use colour, but this shot is great either way. Using B&W probably has the effect of subduing the flowers and adding importance to the 'rain', anyway. Great job!
Nice tones, and I love the way you've captured the rain in the air as little streaks. This is a weird angle that doesn't flatter the flowers, but a nice photo.
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