Meteor Shower + Repost

My woods are full of these flowers right now, but they appear a little different than this- kidding aside, the result of your tecnique is fantastic, and actually I'm very curious about the making of these very interesting images- My congrats, Fabio

Wow that's awesome Gary. These just keep getting better. Very nice work.
My only nit that has nothing to do with the actual image is that the size of your copyright mark is a little distracting but I realize it would most likely not be present on a print.

Gary: Great subjects for the x-ray. I think I would like this better without the buds. I think they compete with the larger blooms and don't really add much IMO. The sweep of the main flowers across the frame is compelling and stands on its own. >=))>

Wonderful as are all these xray images. I especially love the way the less dense petal detail is brought out.

Very cool Gary! I like the arrangement and the unopened blossoms at the bottom.
Top notch as usual!

What can I say these x-ray shots are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Oh yes, it's awesome.

Gary, I have been admiring your work for awhile now and just recently became a member of NPN. I love the delicate textures that the mammo machine is able to capture. I also think you do a great job of positioning the flowers. Love to see this kind of work!

what a beauty, do you wanna share "know how"?! thnx for sharing great and interesting shot!!!

Beautiful, Gary. I agree that the lower buds don't add much. How do you keep the clean edges to the petals when processing?

Awesome Gary, just wonderful. A very stunning photo.

Nathan

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Bill and Bob:
I actually took the Xray of the whole plant including the pot but the lower part of the image was just too cluttered and so I ended cropping them out. This is how the buds ended in the image as shown. I agree that the buds are bit of a distraction especially the lowest one. Therefore I erased the lowest bud and I think the overall image is now stronger with a 'v' shape alignment. I did experiment with moving the lower bud up to fill the gap in the lower line but I like it more without. This is applying the 'less is more' principle in Ikebana. Removing the bud also separate the flowers into two groupings of 5 and 8 with G5 mostly facing left and G8 facing the other way creating a little tension in composition.

Verdon:
The process making radiograph is actually quite straight forward. It is a bit like doing a scan where you place the subject on the glass surface. The difference is the Xray image is an incident image whereas scan images are reflected light images similar to camera images. I think the biggest challenge with radiography is having access to the equipment. Once the image is made, the raw DICOM file can be loaded onto PS and post process as any digital image. I happy to answer any specific questions so feel free to email me.

Bob and Charlie:
The trick to getting the petal edge defined is to do different exposures and select the one with the best noise/signal ratio and then make the final adjustments with the shadow/highlights adjustment in PS.

Bruce:
No distracting copyright mark on the re-post.

Another very nice art creation. Very well done Gary..

Great addition to this collection. I agree that a version w/o the competing buds may work even better.

I like the delicacy in this. The petals almost look like tutus. Another excellent effort, and the arrangement works great.

More veiled dancers. Another spectacular xray image.

Two more great images. Honours even, IMHO.

Gary, this technique in your hands brings beautiful results. This photo is very impressive, creative and stirs the imagination. Excellent.
Take care.

Hi Gary A fascinating subject, marvelously composed
Albert Darmo

Good stuff, Gary!