For some reason, this flower and the orange hibiscus are very difficult for me to capture. In bright light they come out a bit blown out. In early morning light or open shade, the colors come out much different than what my eye sees; they lack the fullness of the real flower.
The other problem is that the hibiscus blooms do not last very long at their peak. They also get attacked by Japanese beetles and other pests. So, when the blossom is full and open, I have to capture it then, rather than waiting for better light. The pink, yellow and lighter red flowers look good under a much broader spectrum of light conditions. I will have to try to use reflectors, fill in flash and other techniques to modify the natural light. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 7:20 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a really gorgeous flower, Dan. > > I think it'd look considerably nicer if it wasn't in full glare sun > though. Have you tried using the bare scrim of a 5-in-1 reflector to > shade and soften the light? > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: >> My most unusual hibiscus. >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16333212 >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
