Simple Portrrait

Gallery: FloraPosted June 4, 201158 views10 comments

Taken yesterday before work at the Arboretum in Maple Valley, WA. How does the bg look. Not the smoothe bokeh I usually go for but the clock was ticking and I didn't have time for another shot. Thanks for looking.

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10 comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 4, 2011 at 2:03 PM

I really like the way this worked out with a little more detail in the background to give this more of a setting. Works very well for me. Great colors with the blues and greens together.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 4, 2011 at 3:11 PM

Beautiful image Bruce. The bg works fine for me. You've still got good separation for the subject and It's kind of nice being able to actually tell what's there. I think the purple and violet would pop a bit more if the bg were darker but that's pretty subjective.

pat

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on June 4, 2011 at 7:36 PM

I think your DOF works well - the BG is still well separated from the flower. I especially like the slightly backlit blooms on the main plant.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 4, 2011 at 9:41 PM

Bruce: GREAT light and fine isolation. Top notch in every way. >=))>

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on June 5, 2011 at 12:30 AM

Hi Bruce, this is nice! I like the bokeh...and the steps of blurred lupine blooms. My only contributory thought...take or discard..on the bokeh would be to clone out the brighter sun spots...more mono tone. Ken S

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Comment posted by Bruce King on June 5, 2011 at 1:17 AM

Thanks for the comments.
Ken-I did do a lot of cloning to remove bright spots, so much in fact I though it might be noticeable, some were large areas.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on June 5, 2011 at 11:21 AM

Bruce, I think the separation from the BG is handled quite well. Really well done.
Bob

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on June 5, 2011 at 2:05 PM

Bruce,
beautiful light that brings out the subject. The background works well for me. Well done.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 5, 2011 at 8:49 PM

Background works just perfectly here. I specially like the inclusion of the leaves at the bottom - they help strengthen the composition a lot in addition to the gentle curve of the stem holding the flowers.

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on June 8, 2011 at 7:45 AM

I think especially the lines of the background make it work really well here, and the light in the entire image is beautiful.

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