Hybiscus in the Morning

Gallery: FloraPosted February 3, 2013319 views15 comments

Olympus E5, handheld, focal length, apeture 6.75, f9, 400 ISO, early morning sun hitting the flower. C&C welcomed. I was trying to get the stamen and the flower in focus. As always, there's a breeze on the island.

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15 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 3, 2013 at 3:12 PM

Elizabeth: Spectacular lighting and DOF/POF control. My only less than 1¢ suggestion would be to make the light bokeh spot in the ULC go away. Superbly crafted image.>=))>

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Comment posted by John Clulow on February 3, 2013 at 5:37 PM

lovely

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 3, 2013 at 5:47 PM

Beautiful image thanks to the fine comp and backlighting. I agree with Bill's comment about the bright spot in the ULC. Nice work, Elizabeth.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 4, 2013 at 4:47 PM

A lovely image! Make the bright spot in the upper left corner go away!

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 4, 2013 at 6:55 PM

Elizabeth:

Fabulous image. Love the positioning of the bloom with the flower diagnonal. Agree with Bill about the bright spot. Also you may want to consider cloning out the horizontal leaf.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 4, 2013 at 10:32 PM

Hi Elizabeth

Scotts comments echo my thoughts

let me add. that the balance of this post is beautifully done
Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on February 4, 2013 at 11:02 PM

Lovely ! love how the light caught the pedals !

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on February 4, 2013 at 11:03 PM

Thank you all. Perhaps off site someone can tell me the best way to eliminate that spot.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 5, 2013 at 4:08 AM

Elizabeth
If you have PS, just use the patch tool. Google patch tool and there are many tutorials on how to use it. Here is one.

You may want to try removing the horizontal leaf as well. You can repost your rework image for additional critique. Be sure to change the title as well by adding 'Hybiscus +Repost' to alert members you have added another image.

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on February 5, 2013 at 10:07 AM

Thank you all! Gary, I did not know how to repost. I will look into making the changes.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on February 5, 2013 at 1:42 PM

Beautiful image! I love the lighting and the diagonal comp.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 5, 2013 at 7:36 PM

Elizabeth
To repost another image, just do as you would with a comment/critique and click the 'Choose File' button to add an image before you click the 'Add Comment' button.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on February 6, 2013 at 9:57 AM

The light and lighting are terrific setting off the detail and color.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on February 7, 2013 at 4:53 PM

All beautiful for me, Elizabeth: the spot of light, the composition, the mysterious mood. If it were mine, I would have tried to clone the leaf touching the upper petal of the flower. I wish it were mine! Beautiful photo.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Elizabeth Arellano on February 7, 2013 at 8:03 PM

Thank you all. Giuseppe, thank you. I'm trying to learn how to remove unwanted things in photos.

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