Summer Bloom

[Mad Aussie]

I took this one with a P&S and decided to have a play with some processing with it. Some directional lighting and vignetting has been added to some other processes.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4238854582_8038ec2747_o.jpg


This one is a different process obviously :)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4238929826_beb5ce4b21_o.jpg

[Mad Aussie]

Added another photo the post above.

[Bambi]

very cool. I love the glow in the second process!! :highfive:

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Bambi

[kat]

Oh wow! Just beautiful! That second one is a breathe taker! Gorgeous colors!

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks very much Kat :)

[Marko]

Interesting treatment on both MA. I love the yellow in shot one but I find the top half of the flower way too dark or way too burned in.
Shot 2 I find could use a bit more burning in all around the main subject.
Hope that helps - Marko

[Mad Aussie]

Interesting treatment on both MA. I love the yellow in shot one but I find the top half of the flower way too dark or way too burned in.
Shot 2 I find could use a bit more burning in all around the main subject.
Hope that helps - Marko
You picked on the two very things I was trying to achieve the opposite of :headslap: ;)

I wanted the darkness in the first shot to highlight the 'spotlight' effect ... and I wanted a bright, almost blown out effect in the second to achieve a strong, fairytale glow :) I used an off camera flash to achieve that lighting to start with and went from there.
But that's ok ... I know you have a aversion to overly dark or overly light photos :)

[Mad Aussie]

Maybe this one is more your taste Marko? Still a bit bright in the white though.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4238232449_e03560389d_o.jpg

[AntZ]

I like the perspective and DOF on the first one MA. Beautiful flower.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks AntZ. You'll see these if you look around now ... they are on a very green but kinda sparce looking tree. Don't know what they are called cause I'm a man!

[Marko]

That's what I like MA! :highfive: I guess I'm too conventional sometimes....and how odd it is that people know what i like and don't like. I mean I understand how it happens, but it's weird from this end. :)


You picked on the two very things I was trying to achieve the opposite of :headslap: ;)

I wanted the darkness in the first shot to highlight the 'spotlight' effect ... and I wanted a bright, almost blown out effect in the second to achieve a strong, fairytale glow :) I used an off camera flash to achieve that lighting to start with and went from there.
But that's ok ... I know you have a aversion to overly dark or overly light photos :)MA you achieved your vision perfectly and you totally have me pegged on this on, but I'd like to add the word 'often' right before the word have in yr last sentence :).

[Mad Aussie]

I'll amend my thinking to include often in my assessment of you Marko ;)

[Rinkdaddy]

I like the vignetting of the first one but would have liked to see a little more of the white of the pedal before it went to black.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Rinkdaddy. Perhaps a bit quicker falloff into the shadow but closer t othe border before it started would have worked then.

[Foots]

I like the first one also MA. It has a sense of mystery about it.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Foots :)

[MoinMoin]

I like the first two one. Nr. 1 has a wonderful spotlight in the middle. Maybe Nr. 2 has a bit too much light. But Nr. 3 is perfect - love it!:1st:

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks MM :)

[tomorrowstreasures]

lovely set, MA - for the third one, imho - the part to the fore that is not in focus would be better if it were sharper...

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks TT.