Blue Iris

Gallery: FloraPosted June 11, 201149 views9 comments

This image is a surprise for me. We have always loved the blues, but until I took a bloom to the inside lights it never gave the glow to the edges as it does here. I have had to dampen the whites somewhat as they were blown and too stark.

Please be brutally honest am I giving my images too much boost by useing the "vivid" setting on my camera settings. Any other feeling you have about processing or over boosting I'd like to here.

These are the ex-if from the RAW file:

Olympus E-5
50mm F 2 macro
aperture priority
1/25 sec @ F 8, -0.7 EV
flash off, 2 umbrella relected lights
pict, mode vivid
Saturation +2
ISO 200
manual focus

Large view provided.

Thanks in advance for any comments. Very much appreciated

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM

Charlie,

I like the composition. I also like the color against the black bg. I might like a bit more dof in this but I've got no problem with the saturated color. In my mind it's pretty much a matter of what you want to say with the image. As I'm sure you know, capture in low light also means richer more saturated color. I like the image as posted and I particularly like the color as posted.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Monica Siri on June 12, 2011 at 12:40 PM

Charlie,
I like everything here, especially the colors.

Registered on September 20, 2009, 132 Posts, 3764 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 12, 2011 at 1:33 PM

The colors are brilliant here. I like the comp and the dof. Fine image.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on June 12, 2011 at 2:39 PM

Beautiful flower, Charlie. Since you are shooting RAW, you could always boost the degree of vividness, but I like the image as posted. Only suggestion might be darkening the stem.

Cheers,

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on June 12, 2011 at 6:25 PM

I'm going to be "brutally honest" Charlie . . . . whatever it is that your doing to capture images like this, "KEEP ON DOING THE SAME!" Really beautiful, I would be thrilled to have this Iris in my collection.

Registered on March 30, 2008, 416 Posts, 2885 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 12, 2011 at 7:57 PM

Excellent Portrait of the Iris flower, Charlie. Its really well done, so I don't have any serious critiques at all. If you are so inclined, you can think of cloning some natural blemishes on the petals but its not a must and does not hurt the image in anyway

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 12, 2011 at 8:45 PM

Charlie:
I am liking all of your images lately! This one is no exception. The colors are fine and the presentation with the black bg really makes this pop. Well done.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 12, 2011 at 11:48 PM

Thanks so much for you opinions on my processes. I love this shot also and felt the lights works so well on it that I began to think I'm overdoing things. You are like calibrating me.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM

Hi Charlie

Everyone loves vivid natural color. Your quality of work has improved using softer light. this shot is a beautifully done work of art

Albert Darmo.

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