Sasha Sobol wrote:
Bruce,
I like the shot as it is.
I do not think that tweaking it PP will make it significantly better.
To me - the flower begs for high key.
I Imagined it - colors less dark, white background, petals' edges fading...
Or background could be light green - if you can re-shoot it you can
try using a semi-transparent cloth or paper as a screen, so it would
be white with light green cast.
That's more or less what I meant.
Thanks for a nice photo,
--Sasha
High key's a great idea. Assuming the Hostas keep flowering 'round the
yard I may just try that. (It's been raining every day for the last
week and the plants are as lush and green as can be so there's a good
chance I'll get some more opportunities to experiment.)
Sasha, I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks!
-bmw
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Bruce Walker<[email protected]> wrote:
Sasha Sobol wrote:
I really like how the flower "melts".
After some thoughts: I would prefer not so active green background.
--Sasha
Just curious, Sasha: do you mean make a closer crop, or reduce the
brightness or saturation of the green bg? Frame/crop-wise I was focussed as
close as the DA*55 would allow. This is a Hosta plant with bright
yellow-green leaves. I had already increased the contrast so as to lighten
and add depth to the fg and drastically reduce the bg luminosity. I agree
that the bg is still pretty saturated, partly from the contrast boost (two
Ps layers using Overlay) but also partly from being underexposed down there
(not much flash hit it).
Thanks for looking and commenting!
-bmw
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi<[email protected]>
wrote:
Very nice!
I've been using the mini softbox for a bit now, need a larger one too.
I also use a round foldup diffuser, tape it to the flash in a big
curve occasionally. Anything to spread out and sften the light.
On Monday, July 20, 2009, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
Becoming acquainted with less than 2 week old enablement: DA* 55mm F1.4
...
http://is.gd/1FluZ
Exp 1/100, f/1.4, ISO 200, 540FGZ flash inside Westcott 18" softbox; PP
in CS4.
Comments welcome!
-bmw
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