Thanks, Larry, Jack and Paul! I appreciate your comments. First, the background is a blue sheet from my "Photo Studio in a Box":
https://smile.amazon.com/LimoStudio-Photography-Studio-Lighting-AGG349/dp/B005CX9S8A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493646352&sr=8-1&keywords=photo+studio+in+a+box The kit also has white, red and grey backgrounds. I cut off a few blossoms while I was trimming trees in the front yard for the express purpose of playing around with this system. Most of the shots were centered when I took them, but I cropped them to bring the center of attention a bit to one side. I have been frequently, and justifiably, been criticized here and elsewhere for making my images too centered and two "square." Here is one that I left centered, as It filled the screen anyway: https://www.photo.net/photo/18381125/ I also tried a vertical crop a couple of times, but didn't care for the result, probably because the stem was too short. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 2:48 AM, Larry Colen <ellar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> A spring blossom from my front yard: >> https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/ >> 4/30/red-dogwood >> K-5 IIs, SMC FA 100 mm macro F 2.8 >> Comments are invited >> > > Very nice. The contrast with the blue background works nicely. I can't see > what the background actually is, it does look a little bit darker around > the edges, but that might just be an optical illusion. > > >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> > > -- > Larry Colen, ellar...@gmail.com (postbox on min4est)http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
