Pink Petals

Gallery: FloraPosted December 9, 200958 views8 comments

I just want to say that I am truly humbled by the excellent quality of the photographs that are being posted! You folks are inspiring. And have raised the bar for me personally.

I shot this back in 05 and has always been a favorite of mine. Originally processed in Raw Shooter today in Lightroom. Thanks for taking a look. Your comments are always welcome.

Matthew Lippert

Canon 20D
Tamron 28-300
1/60th sec, f/11.0, ISO 200

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Philip Southard on December 9, 2009 at 9:43 PM

Neat shot Matthew. I really like the color, lighting and comp as well as the drops of water. My only tiny nit is that I wish the FG petal tips were sharp.

Registered on July 15, 2007, 258 Posts, 3892 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on December 9, 2009 at 10:09 PM

Lovely colors. Maybe a slightly closer crop, even a square format might be good. There's not much drama on the right side and I think it could go. Overall, I like it.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on December 9, 2009 at 11:14 PM

Lovely closeup of what I think is a dahlia. Really shows the subtle twists and turns of each petal. Slight adjustments of the contrast or saturation would really make it pop.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 9, 2009 at 11:17 PM

Nice comp that pulls you in, and great color as well. I like the raindrops, too.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on December 10, 2009 at 5:00 AM

Love the color in this image, and the unique perspective gives the flower an artistic, free-flowing look. Very appealing. The only drawback is I think it deserves more depth of field to catch the fg petals. Darn it, I do this often, and sometimes get by with it, but most of the time- and especially when the petals shapes and lines do so much to create a pattern/design as they are here- more dof is needed.

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on December 10, 2009 at 10:21 AM

Matthew, Nice close-up which might have looked even better with a bit more frontal depth of field. Nice colors and dew.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 10, 2009 at 7:37 PM

Hi Matthew

Beautiful color and light, More frontal DOF would make this a killer shot :smile
Albert Darmo Canada:

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on December 10, 2009 at 10:22 PM

Matthew: Really nice colors and details. More DOF would be nice but this works very nicely for me as is. Well done. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments