Pretty in Pink

Gallery: FloraPosted June 3, 2012821 views8 comments

I like the colors of this small lily. This was shot in a faux studio from a small bouquet. The light was from the window in a heavily overcast evening. Critiques and suggestions most welcome.

D7000
150 mm macro
ISO 100
f22
3 second exposure

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 3, 2012 at 1:44 PM

I love the detail in the bottom half! The top points are a bit distracting--maybe just crop them out?

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 3, 2012 at 5:41 PM

Steve - The main flower is full of details - it almost resembles a well made focus stack - pretty good details front to back.

The petal tips coming out of the left edge, behind the main flower can be cloned out for a better aesthetic feel - if you like that is.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 4, 2012 at 9:19 PM

Love this flower with all its beautiful colors and designs. Wonderful details and focus throughout the flower and nice lighting. This flower would work great as a solo model; no supporting flowers needed.

Registered on February 16, 2011, 610 Posts, 3684 Comments

Comment posted by Bruce King on June 4, 2012 at 9:48 PM

Nice details and colors Steve. The OOF areas are just in focus enough to be slightly distracting.......maybe less DOF to direct the attention to the center of the main bloom. Of course that's purely subjective and would be a completely different image.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 4, 2012 at 10:06 PM

Hi steve

Love the color and detail against the black

Agree with ram about the left tip

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 5, 2012 at 4:18 AM

Steve:
Love the clarity, color, lighting here. A very fine portrait. There is perhaps a little too much negative space at the top.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 5, 2012 at 2:09 PM

Yeah, that's just striking!

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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on June 5, 2012 at 3:11 PM

Beautifully clear rendition of this beauty. I appreciate it all being in focus, but I agree that the left-edge petal tip and the rear-center ones that are OOF don't seem to belong with the rest of it.

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