Petals

Gallery: FloraPosted May 1, 2012107 views9 comments

Canon 50D, f 5.6, 1/200. Played with levels quite a bit on this azalea to try to get the best grey scale shadings.

lucy

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9 comments

Comment posted by Sally Wood on May 1, 2012 at 6:39 PM

Lucy, wow, this is a really interesting composition and presentation..I like it!

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Comment posted by Miro Susta on May 1, 2012 at 8:09 PM

Beautiful BW creation. I don't know but I feel that a bit lower light level coud even make better. You should try.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 1, 2012 at 9:12 PM

Very nice work, Lucy. I like what you did. My only nit is with the two prominent stems in the top left center. The image would be even better without them, but I'm being pretty picky.

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on May 2, 2012 at 6:39 AM

Lucy - Superb take on the Azalea Flowers. Lighter and the darker tones play magic on the eyes. Agree with Scott's observation on the two stems being somewhat of a distraction.

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on May 2, 2012 at 10:04 AM

Very nice take on this flower Lucy, great idea, the two stems do dominant the scene but I am not opposed to them as they seem to ground the image for me .

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on May 2, 2012 at 10:12 AM

Out of the box wonderful. Agree on exposure bit bright.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on May 2, 2012 at 11:45 AM

Lucy, I love this as posted.....Wonderful vision and work in my opinion.
Bob

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on May 2, 2012 at 2:43 PM

i really like this without the two stems as others have suggested.

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on May 2, 2012 at 6:04 PM

Thanks all so much for taking the time to comment. Rick, I had experimented with darker exposures but when I went darker it diminished the rich range of greys. Also, as some of you suggested, I removed the stems to compare and was almost convinced. But somehow—don't quite know why— I like the balance of an added touch of true black up there. Thanks again.

lucy

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