Peony Glory

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted May 12, 201174 views14 comments

This tree peony, originally from my Grandmother's Ohio farm, has logged more frequent miles than I have. From Ohio to California, then to Tennessee and now North Carolina.

Just to try something different, I used Silver Efex Pro and added a control point to bring out the color in the center. And then did a bit of cropping to make just the flower the focal point.

Camera is a Nikon D7000, tripod, auto focus.

Comments are greatly appreciated.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 12, 2011 at 12:59 AM

Love this - very fine detail, lines and textures.
Great as is, but I'd also experiment with making the yellow center really pop.
Nice!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 12, 2011 at 8:41 AM

This is gorgeous Barbara! Excellent composition and processing.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Week on May 12, 2011 at 10:15 AM

I like the moody feel this images has for me. The water droplets add to the feeling. Very nice treatment!

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on May 12, 2011 at 4:27 PM

Thanks for your comments and for taking a view of this image. Sandy, I worked a bit on the center but it just never looked natural enough. I'll keep that in mind as I process other images. Thanks again everyone.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 12, 2011 at 9:59 PM

Wonderful feel to this. Beautiful.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 13, 2011 at 9:09 AM

Stunning work Barbara, just beautiful ,almost has a illustration feel. Love the B&W with colour really gives it a pop!

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Comment posted by Ron Pederson on May 13, 2011 at 1:54 PM

Another nice job, Barbara. The details are great and the range of values really brings it to life. Wonder if you considered just B&W?

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on May 13, 2011 at 3:28 PM

Thanks to all for your comments. Ron, here is the image in all B&W. I like both images ... you?

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on May 13, 2011 at 9:29 PM

Simply lovely and hats off to you and the great SEP conversion which really pops the details.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Week on May 13, 2011 at 10:25 PM

I like both versions. I wonder what the B&W version would look like with a "very tiny" amount of yellow color left in the center?
(Just thinking out loud)

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on May 13, 2011 at 11:06 PM

Jeremy, too much color or just enough? So many ways to work with images ... gotta love them, and I do, and I appreciate all the comments and feedback.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Week on May 14, 2011 at 9:49 AM

Thanks for trying this Barbara! I was just wondering what it would look like. It is hard to decide which one I like best.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on May 14, 2011 at 2:48 PM

Absolutely gorgeous. Nice tonal gradations and contrast with the bit of color.

lucy

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on May 14, 2011 at 10:42 PM

Thanks Jeremy. I'm a bit more partial to the first image, but there are applications for each one of the variations. I definitely had fun working with this image and all the comments. This is a great learning tool and I appreciate all that view my images.

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