To a Wild Rose & repost

Gallery: FloraPosted June 10, 201047 views12 comments

Another "studio" shot. "To a Wild Rose..." a piece I played on the piano when I was 9 years old...came to mind. Viveza, and NIK midnight filter applied.
Canon 50D
Tamron 28-300 mm
6 sec, f18

Edit...in looking at this, I should have left a bit more room or added canvas at the top...

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on June 10, 2010 at 4:44 PM

It works for me Kathy, very nice light and color, and I like the touch of yellow on the inner petals. Beautiful work.
John

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on June 10, 2010 at 5:19 PM

Reposting - the perfectionist in me wanted more space at the top....

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 10, 2010 at 7:11 PM

I think the room at the top helps. I can see the line where you added it, in the new file, but I think you can clean that up easily. I like the color of the flower. Very nice portrait Kathy.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 10, 2010 at 8:06 PM

Kathy, I like the repost. You did well to add canvas at the top

- Nice Rose and Good Lighting.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 10, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Kathy,

I like the light and the mood of this. Compositionally it would feel more natural to me to have more room to the viewer's left - and the top as you already mentioned. I might also consider brightening the leaf on the viewer's right a little. I guess where I'm rally going is I'd be inclined to move the canvas to the viewer's left and the rose to the viewer's right in the canvas. My two cents. (smile)

The repost works great.

Pat

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 10, 2010 at 11:29 PM

Kathy: Wonderful lighting and colors in the rose. I do give the nod to the repost but for my tastes a bit less addition would work better. I almost second Pat's comment about the positioning in the frame but the unconventional placement here works very well for me. Very nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on June 11, 2010 at 3:03 AM

The second one is much better. I like the soft light and the excellent contrast to BG. Very well done Kathy.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on June 11, 2010 at 3:17 AM

Gorgeous shot with gorgeous light. Great image Kathy.

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on June 11, 2010 at 2:49 PM

In retrospect, I should have done a horizontal flip, since the eye reads left to right, and then added space to look into. I appreciate eveyone's comments. I like when I've learned from what I've posted. I may still play around with this one...

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on June 11, 2010 at 4:36 PM

The second one is stronger Kathy, beautiful lighting and details.....the flip may even make it stronger

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 11, 2010 at 11:12 PM

Have you tried just a little more room at the top (maybe about halfway between the original and the repost) and making the composition square? So many of these choices are individual and subjective. This is a very nice image, regardless. The lighting and dof are beautiful.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 12, 2010 at 9:35 PM

Hi Kathy

Excellent light. detail and color.

i agree with pat about more room on the left, along with the top.
Albert Darmo. Que.

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