Setup: Covered bright north facing window (lots of snow outside reflecting light) with a colourful transparent fabric. Placed flower/vase in front. Made image from 3/4 side. No other light source (daytime, so room was relatively light).
Camera settings: Aperture priority, w/b cloudy -3, F2.8, ISO 200, 1/80 sec, handheld.
Post processing:
- Rotated, straightened a bit, cropped.
- Adjusted histogram.
- Created copy layer, lightened second layer with curves, blurred slightly and blended with original in soft light. Merged layers.
- Created another copy layer and applied clarify. Deleted portions of top layer.
- Resized, sharpened.
- Created another layer, ran top layer through noise reduction, then deleted flower and vase portions.
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NOTES: I think the picture would have been better if I'd used a slightly smaller aperture (maybe F4) to keep more of the flower (especially front petals) in focus while keeping the background blurred.
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Place: 3 out of 244 Avg (all users): 6.8354 Avg (commenters): 8.3200 Avg (participants): 6.5841 Avg (non-participants): 7.0538 Views since voting: 11229 Views during voting: 380 Votes: 243 Comments: 68 Favorites: 64 (view)
congrats on your ribbon...and thanks for the comment on my 'burst of color' entry -- I appreciated it, and was glad to know that you thought it was nice.
this is just "mavalus"-to me this is just perfection-gotta add this and you to my fav's.also i see that this did not get a one vote on it-did get a 2 and some 3 votes-i gave it a 10 -i don't understand the low votes i guess i am a long way off from an art critic-thanks again for sharing such a lovely view.
Another awesome and artistic flower image Ursula. I consider you to be one of the most talented photographers on DPC when it comes down to images such as this one. Great work and congrats on the ribbon.
VERY NICE!!! Wonderful color, lighting & DOF control. Only thing I see that detracts is the parting line on the vase. A few degrees' rotation (clockwise, of the vase, alone) would have solved this. Otherwise, SUPERB!
Ursula: Congratulations on your yellow. This outstanding understatement displays a very unique eye for composition and color harmony. A most impressive image.
love the focus and sharpness of this image. I added you to my favs list a few months ago, your work is absolutely inspiring. congrats on another ribbon winner.
I think that we have a winner. I really like the DoF, and the vibrant colors are very well done. The only things that might improve the image would be to change the light green blur in the lower right quadrant (by shifting the hue or desaturating it) and possibly adding a stronger reflection on the glass to add to the depth. This image is clearly worthy of being sold as stock at one of the higher-end agencies like Alamy.
Nice DoF... crisp image. I like you off center composition and having it face into, rather then out of, the frame. I love the color combination you chose. I am being distracted by the blurred elements in the background, however, and feel it keeps pulling my attention away from the subject.
We all get tired of the same flower shots, but this one stands out to me and seems unique. The use of primary colors, angled flower, shiny vase, and great use of the shallow dof all help to make this shot work really well. One of my top picks for this challenge. Well done!
wow!! what an amazing shot! the focus is perfect and i love the DOF, the colors are vibrant and fit together very well. well done indeed on an excellent image
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