Spot lit

[Bambi]

okay, so our photography club challenge for next week is flowers. I know that I take a lot of photos of flowers but I am always unsatisfied as they just look like photos of flowers. I want to be creative. So I decided to take it inside and play with lights, backgrounds, etc.

this is a simple study of the rose- I simply turned the lights down and then spotlit the flower using a flashlight. I exaggerated the dark in PP with a dodge brush and a vignette.

Rip me apart.


spotlit take 2 by bambe1964, on Flickr

[slackercruster]

Beautiful work Bambi. Nicest I've seen of your shots. Really nice!

Wish we had a photo club here. Nothing close by. Maybe an hour or more drive.

[Bambi]

thank you!!! I am glad that you like it. Fooling with arrangements and lighting is new to me.

[AntZ]

I like the lighting and DOF. If I had to find some thing to critic, it might be a bit too centred for me. and maybe the material it is on has a bit too much detail/texture and steals some of the attention?

[Matt K.]

Well done, Bambi. You nailed it. Love how the petals fade out of sharpness. Really nice.

[Bambi]

thank you guys. I appreciate the feedback.

[Iguanasan]

Lovely work, Bambi and I don't really have much to say other than one's been said. Very well done, Bambi, but do yourself a favour and go to the dollar store and pick up a sheet of white and a sheet of black bristol board. It'll give you a much smoother and less distracting background with which to work. Lay it on a table or the floor or bed or something and put something behind it so you get a smooth curve.

[Bambi]

Lovely work, Bambi and I don't really have much to say other than one's been said. Very well done, Bambi, but do yourself a favour and go to the dollar store and pick up a sheet of white and a sheet of black bristol board. It'll give you a much smoother and less distracting background with which to work. Lay it on a table or the floor or bed or something and put something behind it so you get a smooth curve.

good idea!

[Marko]

Not much for me to say here except that I'm also a fan.

[QuietOne]

I keep coming back to this one, so I'll be contrary. I actually like the texture of the cloth you've set it on. Yes, it's a little too prominent, mostly in color, I think, but if you tone it down a touch, both the color and the knobby loops add to the picture.