On 3/21/2011 6:49 PM, steve harley wrote:
On 2011-03-21 17:11 , Walter Gilbert wrote:
Hi all,
Here's a shot I took today of some Easter flowers ("flahrs" in
Kentuckese) growing along a fence row on the north side of the house.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/5547910077/
K-x, K 50/1.4, ISO 200, f11, 1/1500
with the foliage so dark (intentional?) i'm a bit put off -- not how i
typically think of daffodils, but then the darkness does by contrast
animate the tips of the fronds in an interesting way
Thanks, Steve.
The darkness of the foliage was semi-intentional. There was some nice
sun running across the petals, and an unappealing background, so I
stopped the aperture down two stops after metering the light in hopes of
obliterating the background and preserving the sunlit parts. When I
looked at it, I was pretty pleased with the results, thinking it had a
"break of dawn" look to it.
The background is a fairly ugly, dog-eared slat privacy fence -- but not
quite in the "rustic" sense of ugly just yet. I suppose a bit more
greenery would give it more of a real spring daffodil look, though.
But, getting that would have necessitated the bland, distracting
background given my skill level.
Thanks for having a look. I'll see if I can finagle a better shot out
of them sometime tomorrow.
-- Walt
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