Maroon

Gallery: FloraPosted June 27, 2013120 views12 comments

Woodland Park Rose Garden, Seattle. It was a good day for Roses! I found this particular red color captivated me and thought it looked pretty good in the backlight.

GH3, 100-300 @ 136, cpl, tripod; f 7.1, 1/200, ISO 500. NIK Viveza. Blended down the highlights a little bit and blended back a couple of buds.

Comments, critiques much appreciated.

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 27, 2013 at 11:45 AM

This is a very special red Catherine, dark and mixed with blue. I like the composition and the background.
My eyes insist to bet you to clone the red spot touching the end of the right rose, that, at the first sight, seems to be blurred. That is not true. I love the photo, Catherine.
Take care.

Registered on February 3, 2007, 827 Posts, 5052 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on June 27, 2013 at 6:05 PM

Beautiful colors, Catherine. Good eye to position these deep red roses against the lime green bg. Lovely.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 27, 2013 at 6:46 PM

Very nice, Catherine. I like the richness of the reds and the diagonal form of the flower cluster.The little oof blob of red in the lower right corner seems to distract me more than I would expect-I think I'd try to remove it if this were mine.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on June 27, 2013 at 7:09 PM

Nice composition and tack sharp foucus. I know you wanted the backlight effect. For me, using NIK Viveza, I would have brightened the roses and darkened the bg. Personal preference.

Registered on May 1, 2009, 652 Posts, 762 Comments

Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 27, 2013 at 8:44 PM

What richly colored roses! I like the three full roses flanked by buds at various places and the overall comp within the frame. The background is nicely blurred and a lovely color to show off the roses. I do think I would try to brighten the sides of the roses towards the viewer just a bit.

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

Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 28, 2013 at 11:28 AM

Oooh, love the dark rich color against that bright background. Gorgeous! And, the comp is excellent.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on June 28, 2013 at 3:15 PM

Beautiful, Catherine! Nice choice of background. Understand that the bright background poses some challenges, but it would be good to get a little more brightness on the flower. Maybe wait for some clouds to darken the background. :-)
The reds are right on.

Sanjay

Registered on April 9, 2013, 107 Posts, 725 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 28, 2013 at 8:40 PM

Catherine:

What a rich red nicely contrasted with the bright green bg! Nice composition as well.

Wish for a little more fill light in the front, perhaps with a reflector.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 29, 2013 at 11:25 AM

Catherine: Beautiful bunch and a fine comp. In the same light I would be sorely tempted to pop a little fill flash to bring up the exposure on the roses a 1/2 stop or so but the deep color does work for me as is. Nicely done.>=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 29, 2013 at 6:24 PM

Hi, all. Thanks for the comments. For those of you who favor brighter flowers, I tried it. Looks just fine, too, but no longer mysterious maroon. Pretty, but rather ordinary. Think I'll stick with this and maybe whisk a dodging brush lightly over the darkest shadows. Or experiment with masking....

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 29, 2013 at 9:49 PM

Hi Catherine

Love the deep vibrant color tones here. A splendid diagonal composition

Albert Darmo

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Lynch on July 9, 2013 at 11:55 AM

Love this one with the backlight and the mysterious shadows in the blooms. Wonderful color and presentation.

Registered on September 16, 2006, 773 Posts, 9940 Comments