Pitcher

Gallery: FloraPosted November 6, 201124,132 views19 comments

American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).

Taken in darkened room with candle lighting, one placed directly behind the tube and two in front with gold reflector.

D90 50mm F11 30 sec iso 200. Thanks for looking and C&C appreciated.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on November 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM

Fantastic lighting idea Gary, beautiful warm glow and well captured!

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on November 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM

Wonderful work with the light Gary. Well done.
Bob

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on November 6, 2011 at 11:28 AM

Excellent Gary. Love the light and POV.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on November 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM

Pitcher plants are beautiful and not easy to photograph in the wild. the lighting here makes this plant shine and I like the centered composition. The background however needs some work. I'm seeing some weird lines and a lot of noise (the weird lines may be from the smoke created by the candles). I'd try and do a double process on this where you make the background real black and eliminate any noise while retaining the colors of the flower.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on November 6, 2011 at 3:03 PM

Excellent treatment of light and a very elegant composition, Gary- Great job, Fabio

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 6, 2011 at 6:36 PM

Beautiful light and color. I think that elegant is a good word to describe this image.

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Comment posted by Hali Sowle on November 6, 2011 at 8:49 PM

This is beautiful Gary, love the warm glow and the subtle rim light.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on November 6, 2011 at 9:56 PM

Wow, Gary! Beautiful control of the lighting and effect. Simply a stunning image and a true work of art.
For the web, the compression on the highlights at the bottom of the pitcher are very distracting. I am sure in print these look luminous, but online, they are crunchy and have a weird color. I like the background color, but it, too is doing some weird banding. If it is present in the original, I'd probably blur the bg in photoshop to get rid of it, if possible.
I love all the detail you have captured here and appreciate the thought that went into the lighting and setup. Very well crafted and presented!

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on November 6, 2011 at 11:38 PM

Excellent lighting Gary. Very nicely portrayed. I like the centered comp to show the symmetry.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 7, 2011 at 8:16 AM

Fantastic shot Gary

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on November 7, 2011 at 1:16 PM

Gary, this is simply beautiful! I love what you did with the lighting, it seems to make the plant glow from within!

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on November 7, 2011 at 3:57 PM

Looks like an idol to the gods, Gary. The candle lighting is spectacular. Well done.

Regards,

Carol

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on November 7, 2011 at 5:34 PM

Gary, a search for transparency with unusual lights. Your endless experimentation is commendable. I agree with Luke comment.
Take care.

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Comment posted by John Williams on November 8, 2011 at 1:21 AM

Oh my that's nice. What a well crafted image. The lighting is superb.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on November 9, 2011 at 3:34 AM

Superb capture, Gary. Very creative lighting with stunning result!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 9, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Who needs radiation when a couple well placed candles will suffice.

Creatively done and an excellent result.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on November 10, 2011 at 2:36 PM

looks like a lamp...wonderful!

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 11, 2011 at 9:24 PM

To be honest i don't think this is up to your usual standards here. The lighting is interesting for sure, and the subject is bold, but it feels too static/centered to me, and i find the highlites up top are too strong. Way beyond my expertise, just not grabbing me here.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 12, 2011 at 12:24 AM

Gary: Superbly crafted shot and a fine result. Top notch shot! >=))>

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