Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Bulent.
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On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 3:27 AM Bulent Celasun 
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> Elegant and refreshing.
> The background is brighter than the subject
> and it works nicely here.
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> Daniel J. Matyola , 7 Nis 2020 Sal, 17:46
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> >
> > My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love
> the
> > many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is
> cooperating,
> > and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and
> rainy
> > weather after they emerge.
> >
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> >
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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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Elegant and refreshing.
The background is brighter than the subject
and it works nicely here.

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Daniel J. Matyola , 7 Nis 2020 Sal, 17:46
tarihinde şunu yazdı:
>
> My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love the
> many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is cooperating,
> and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and rainy
> weather after they emerge.
>
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia
>
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> Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are invited and greatly appreciated.
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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Larry.

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On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 10:14 PM  wrote:

> Very nice, and you did a great job balancing the exposure with the
> background
>
> On April 7, 2020 7:45:49 AM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" 
> wrote:
> >My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love
> >the
> >many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is
> >cooperating,
> >and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and
> >rainy
> >weather after they emerge.
> >
> >http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia
> >
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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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Very nice, and you did a great job balancing the exposure with the background

On April 7, 2020 7:45:49 AM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola"  
wrote:
>My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love
>the
>many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is
>cooperating,
>and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and
>rainy
>weather after they emerge.
>
>http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia
>
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>Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are invited and greatly
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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Ann and Olga!

Depending on  the age of the blossom and the light, Ann, the petals can
actually  be a bit translucent.

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On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 6:07 PM ann sanfedele  wrote:

> dan -  nice bokeh - and I like the way the blossom looks almost
> translucent...
>
> I know where to find one close to me..but ot going out until Friday
>
> ann
>
> On 4/7/2020 11:10 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > Thanks, Alan!
> >
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> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 10:55 AM Alan C  wrote:
> >
> >> Splendid as usual. You brightened up my day!
> >>
> >> Alan C
> >>
> >> On 07-Apr-20 04:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> >>> My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love
> >> the
> >>> many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is
> >> cooperating,
> >>> and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and
> >> rainy
> >>> weather after they emerge.
> >>>
> >>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia
> >>>
> >>> K-5 IIs, smc FA 100mm MACRO F 2.8
> >>> Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are invited and greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >>> Dan Matyola
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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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> On Apr 7, 2020, at 7:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love the
> many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is cooperating,
> and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and rainy
> weather after they emerge.
> 
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia 
> 

Lovely!

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[ann sanfedele]

dan -  nice bokeh - and I like the way the blossom looks almost 
translucent...


I know where to find one close to me..but ot going out until Friday

ann

On 4/7/2020 11:10 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Thanks, Alan!

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On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 10:55 AM Alan C  wrote:


Splendid as usual. You brightened up my day!

Alan C

On 07-Apr-20 04:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love

the

many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is

cooperating,

and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and

rainy

weather after they emerge.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia

K-5 IIs, smc FA 100mm MACRO F 2.8
Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are invited and greatly

appreciated.

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Alan!

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On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 10:55 AM Alan C  wrote:

> Splendid as usual. You brightened up my day!
>
> Alan C
>
> On 07-Apr-20 04:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> > My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love
> the
> > many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is
> cooperating,
> > and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and
> rainy
> > weather after they emerge.
> >
> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia
> >
> > K-5 IIs, smc FA 100mm MACRO F 2.8
> > Comments, suggestions, and criticisms are invited and greatly
> appreciated.
> >
> > Dan Matyola
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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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Splendid as usual. You brightened up my day!

Alan C

On 07-Apr-20 04:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love the
many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is cooperating,
and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and rainy
weather after they emerge.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia

K-5 IIs, smc FA 100mm MACRO F 2.8
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PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

My two larger and older Magnolia trees are now in full blossom.  I love the
many colorful flowers they produce.  This year the weather is cooperating,
and they are staying on the trees longer than when we have windy and rainy
weather after they emerge.

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2020/4/7/magnolia

K-5 IIs, smc FA 100mm MACRO F 2.8
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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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Thanks for looking, Igor, and thanks especially for your detailed and
thought-provoking comments.

I did not intentionally place the flower off-center.  As you know, I
am frequently criticized here for +too much centering of the focal
point of the image, and I plead guilty to that charge.  Here, I
cropped the image first, to eliminate some distracting elements near
the bloom, and then I decided to burn out the background completely,
leading to the composition that you see.  When I get time, I may try
to go back to the raw image and redo the whole thing to see if I can
come up with a different, and perhaps better, image.

Thanks also for looking and commenting on the dogwood bud image.  I
agree about the highlights.  While they are burned out in some areas,
that tend to illustrate how they are standing out on the bare branches
exposed to the sun.

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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote:

 Dan,

 I like the color and the rendering of it.
 I actually use that type of background removal time-to-time in LR.

 I have two thoughts:
 1. I am thinking if a bit of edge sharpening (e.g. via unsharpen mask, or
 sharpening with a mask) would make it standing out a bit better. (Maybe not,
 I'd play with that.)

 2. I have some unease with the framing.
 I know that some people have problems with the central positioning of a
 signle object in a photo. While I agree that it can look too trivial. But
 I am more disturbed with an artificial off-center positioning.

 That's the case here. The placement of the flower looks unnatural for me.
 That's just an impression, but I can give a few logical arguments why.
 In this case, the flower is mostly symmetric itself. The slight asymmetry in
 the stem is barely visible (especially since the stem is darkened).
 So, the off-center placing looks very artificial.
 Also, the proportions of the photos itself seem to be odd (or maybe it is
 the result of that off-center placement).

 In contrast, the dogwood bud looks just fine, because of the tilt and
 the additional steam (bud?). [The only thing in that other photo is that I'd
 let a bit more of the stem in, so that that other piece is not almost
 unconnected.)
 Speaking of that flower photo, there seem to be some burned-out highlights,
 but I think they actually give an interesing look to that flower, - as if it
 were lit by a stadium/stage spot-light.


 Best regards,

 Igor



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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Jack Davis]

Well I do declare, Dan, you're certainly making good use of your 
studio's dark background. 
Affords a desirable, sharp, contrast, as needed.

Jack

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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Actually, Jack, this blossom is still on the tree.  I used the burn
tool in Photoshop to eliminated the background on this image.  It was
sort of an experiment, just to see if I could do it.  It's not
perfect, but it came out better than I had expected.

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On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
 Well I do declare, Dan, you're certainly making good use of your
 studio's dark background.
 Affords a desirable, sharp, contrast, as needed.

 Jack

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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It did turn out pretty good.
Had to be a tedious job with the burn tool.

Jack

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Actually, Jack, this blossom is still on the tree.  I used the burn
tool in Photoshop to eliminated the background on this image.  It was
sort of an experiment, just to see if I could do it.  It's not
perfect, but it came out better than I had expected.

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 Well I do declare, Dan, you're certainly making good use of your
 studio's dark background.
 Affords a desirable, sharp, contrast, as needed.

 Jack

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Donald Guthrie]

Elegant presentation of this photographic flower.

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Don.

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 Elegant presentation of this photographic flower.

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Igor PDML-StR]

Dan,

I like the color and the rendering of it.
I actually use that type of background removal time-to-time in LR.

I have two thoughts:
1. I am thinking if a bit of edge sharpening (e.g. via unsharpen mask, or 
sharpening with a mask) would make it standing out a bit better. (Maybe 
not, I'd play with that.)


2. I have some unease with the framing.
I know that some people have problems with the central positioning of a 
signle object in a photo. While I agree that it can look too trivial. 
But I am more disturbed with an artificial off-center positioning.


That's the case here. The placement of the flower looks unnatural for me.
That's just an impression, but I can give a few logical arguments why.
In this case, the flower is mostly symmetric itself. The slight asymmetry 
in the stem is barely visible (especially since the stem is darkened).

So, the off-center placing looks very artificial.
Also, the proportions of the photos itself seem to be odd (or maybe it is 
the result of that off-center placement).


In contrast, the dogwood bud looks just fine, because of the tilt and
the additional steam (bud?). [The only thing in that other photo is that 
I'd let a bit more of the stem in, so that that other piece is not almost 
unconnected.)
Speaking of that flower photo, there seem to be some burned-out 
highlights, but I think they actually give an interesing look to that 
flower, - as if it were lit by a stadium/stage spot-light.



Best regards,

Igor



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PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Bruce Walker]

Elegant, Dan. Excellent mix of light with lovely deep colour in the blossom.

On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
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 K-r with SMC FA 1:2.8  100 mm Macro

 Comments are invited.

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Bruce.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
 Elegant, Dan. Excellent mix of light with lovely deep colour in the blossom.

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Don Guthrie]

Always my favorite sign of Spring. Maybe I will have an entry next 
month. This AM there are icicles on my bird-feeders.



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PESO: Magnolia Blossom

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RE: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[knarftheria...@gmail.com]

That's beautiful, Dan!

I can't wait until the Magnolias bloom up here.

Cheers,
frank

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Re: PESO: Magnolia Blossom

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Thanks, Frank.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:15 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
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 That's beautiful, Dan!

 I can't wait until the Magnolias bloom up here.

 Cheers,
 frank

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