Tulip

Gallery: FloraPosted March 21, 201075 views10 comments

My wife purchased some tulips for a baby shower she was giving this weekend and I convincd her not to give them away so I could photograph them. I placed them on a table so they were side lit from a window and used the drapes as a dark BG. This is one of my favorites.
Manual Exposure with tripod, .6 sec, F20, ISO 100, 100mm macro, adjusted black in level adjust, slight sat adjust.
Thanks for looking and all C&C welcomed.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 21, 2010 at 9:40 PM

John:
An excellent comp with excellent detail and delicate color. Like the diagonal placement as well. My only very minor suggestion is perhaps more room in the right than the left.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 21, 2010 at 11:29 PM

John: Really nice work on your setup and exposure. You could address Gary's concern very easily by cropping to 5:4 ratio mostly from the left. I do think that would make an already solid image even stronger. Very nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 22, 2010 at 12:03 AM

A lovely portrait. Well done.

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on March 22, 2010 at 2:20 AM

Very nice image. Very unjusual tulip colours. The contrast tulip/BG is excellent. Well done John.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 22, 2010 at 6:19 AM

Excellent Tulip portrait John, the DOF/POV and display make this top notch.

Bob

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on March 22, 2010 at 7:22 AM

Think I would have called this "dancing lady." Very graceful and your comp enhances the lovely petals. Well done!

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on March 22, 2010 at 12:28 PM

Beautifully done. I love the colors against the black background. I agree with the crop from the left.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on March 22, 2010 at 6:30 PM

Hi John

This is really well done. Love the colors and detail. As Bill mentioned. A crop. to 5:4 ratio, would make this even better.

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on March 22, 2010 at 6:31 PM

I like this John. Excellent whites mgt and fine lighting. I do agree with Gary and Bill with regard to the crop and canvas changes. Don't really know why to be honest. I attribute it to shooting birds and always trying to leave more room at the bird's front between the canvas edge than at it's back.

Pat

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on March 23, 2010 at 8:48 AM

Beautiful comp and crafting.

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