On Dec 21, 2005, at 6:19 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote:
Very nice. I like the different treatment of the oft-photographed
subject.
Was there dew on the petals? If yes, then it might have looked good
if it was
more obvious. Right now I am confused about what is there on the red
petals.
The stuff on the petals is pollen. When I was sharpening the pic I
deliberately left the petals quite soft because the yellow spots
became too distracting for my liking.
The pic as a whole is quite soft and I applied quite a strong
sharpening to the centre of the flower. Maybe I missed the focal
point slightly, or maybe it's because I used a 55mm f/1.8 somewhere
near wide-open on a 2x teleconverter.
I printed it this morning and I'm surprised at how well the printer
coped with such a strong red. According to Photoshop some parts of
it are out of gamut.
Thanks for commenting.
- Dave
