Rain Pulverized

Gallery: FloraPosted July 23, 2012142 views9 comments

A lot of rain pounded these lilies the night before this was taken. Somehow it seemed better than the usual composition. No check that...not better...but different!

NIkon D300 and Zeiss 100 mm on tripod and f18, cable and mirror up. An HDR blend of two photos.

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9 comments

Comment posted by Mark Windom on July 23, 2012 at 11:48 PM

Geez, I usually put my camera away when I come across this type of rain pounding (which we get alot of in the Seattle area). This has shown me not to do that.....

I'm curious as to why the need for an HDR blend? Whatever the reason it doesn't look HDRish which is a good thing.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on July 24, 2012 at 12:23 AM

Ken:
Looks like you have bad weather too.

It sad to see all this Lilies cut down in their prime but the rain has created an unusual arrangement and you had the vision to capture this. Love the light and vibrant color

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on July 24, 2012 at 8:48 AM

Mark, thanks for comments...I did this HDR only because this type of shot often works best in the low light of dusk where even light and soft shadows are given. This was in middle of day...and the dynamic range worried me..so I went with three or four exposures...and selected a pair for HDR in CS5. I pulled out the dark areas and kept bright areas darker.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on July 24, 2012 at 7:06 PM

Wow Ken. Very good 'out of the box' thinking. Nice work on getting something different. I like this a lot.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on July 24, 2012 at 7:37 PM

Nice comp of difficult elements. Love the subtle colors.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 24, 2012 at 10:34 PM

Hi Ken

I find this a creative and artistic composition

Splendid detail , light and color

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on July 25, 2012 at 5:16 PM

Very assured handling of a complex floral grouping, Ken. The counterpoint of the anthers to the L and the green leaves to the R balances the composition beautifully.

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Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on July 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM

interesting take, kind of like this lilly salad!

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 27, 2012 at 10:43 AM

Your pp makes it a work of art.

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