Thanks Bruce. Not sure about being a perennial - I need to do more research.
Appreciate the suggestions. I was struggling with those rocks; I'll try some more experiments, both with the lighting and settings. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 29 January 2013 00:22, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > A very interesting plant, Peter. Nicely detailed shot. Is that a > perennial where you live? It sure wouldn't survive in southern > Ontario! > > It really needs more contrast to separate it from the background. It's > unfortunate that the stones seem to be about the same tonal value as > the plant's leaves. I bet you could get more definition by applying > stronger and more diffuse light (like from a shoot-through umbrella) > off to one side. I also think you could afford to give it more > sharpening and local contrast. > > > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Peter McIntosh <peter...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Geez... another one from me! :-) >> >> Apparently the only succulent in our back garden that I like is a >> black rose, also known as Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' according to >> this link - >> http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/aeonium-arboreum-zwartkop-black-rose.aspx >> >> I've never seen black flowers before, so I thought I'd combine my >> desire to get back into some raw shooting with trying to capture this >> plant. There's some fill flash in here - both the K5 built-in and the >> FGZ-360 diffused fired wirelessly, on the side somewhere. It's no >> compositional masterpiece (that wasn't the aim), but I'm pleased >> enough with it,and will welcome comments, etc. >> >> http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/148513116 >> >> K5 with SMC-A 50mm f/2.0, tripod, flash as per above, converted in PWP >> Pro 6.0.10. >> >> Regards, >> >> Pete Mac in Melbourne >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
