Unruly Blooms

Gallery: FloraPosted January 17, 201372 views16 comments

The same neighbor that brought me the Kalanchoe flowers brought me these as well on the same day (right before the freeze). These are also from some kind of succulent...I was not going to even bother with them as they were so unruly looking, but my husband said "WHY NOT??"

If anyone knows what they are let me know!

This is a stack of 9.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 17, 2013 at 3:27 PM

I don't know what they are, but you did a bang up job on them! I like this the best of your "studio" shots thus far.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on January 17, 2013 at 4:36 PM

Beautiful indeed and thanks to your husband.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 17, 2013 at 8:24 PM

Gorgeous, Eirini. No nits from me. I agree with Phil - the best of your dark bg studio images.

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Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on January 17, 2013 at 10:22 PM

I have to try stacking! Y'all are killing me with great photos. .......What program do you use to process the photos?

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 17, 2013 at 11:17 PM

Lucy,
I use Zerene...took a little while to figure out but after a 30 free day trial of that & Helicon I liked Zerene's capabilities better. However there are some really good stacking photographers here on NPN who prefer Helicon or Adobe Photoshop. If you don't have Photoshop (I don't) you can try the other two...30 days is plenty of time to play with!

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on January 17, 2013 at 11:21 PM

Eirini ..another beautifully crafted image ...love this one ..

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by Shrinivas Sharma on January 18, 2013 at 9:00 AM

Eirini - Very well done. Excellent stack.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 18, 2013 at 4:53 PM

Eirini: You should always listen to your husband!

I like this a lot for its unique structure and for your lighting. Very nice work. >=))>

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 18, 2013 at 6:48 PM

Wow, that's one wild flower. You did a great job capturing and positioning this.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 18, 2013 at 7:21 PM

Unruly or not, you certainly did a good job of documenting this. I like the lighting here more than the Kalanchoe. Probably the best of your dark studio shots.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on January 18, 2013 at 9:27 PM

Eirini, your dark studio images are getting better and better. This is beautiful, especially the lighting. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Mark Stahlke on January 19, 2013 at 12:38 PM

Fascinating! Masterful lighting again. You've done a wonderful job of creating order and movement from a chaotic subject.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on January 19, 2013 at 12:55 PM

I really like the comp of this--has a carefree feel to me. Very interesting flower (don't know ID) and again you did a great job with stacking and processing to turn this simple flower into a work of art. Nicely done, Eirini!

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on January 22, 2013 at 12:39 PM

I am very thankful to your husband. For me this image is splendid: creative, mysterious, full of mood, perfectly edited. You must look ofter for unruled flowers!
Take care.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 25, 2013 at 9:53 PM

Hi Eirini

Love the fine detail , and lighting against the black BG The interesting structure reminds me of the Cleomes in my previous posts