Transparent Echium

Gallery: FloraPosted January 14, 2015259 views19 comments

In winter sometimes I must go back to my archive. Today I have found an Echium taken in summer behind home.

Back light for transparencies, full of light, stark sharpness, very low saturation.

D800E, Nikkor 200mm macro - f/20 and ISO 200

Grateful for opinions and advises.

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 14, 2015 at 8:07 AM

Striking! The high key effect works very well with the subject. Almost looks like an x-ray with color!

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on January 14, 2015 at 9:36 AM

Very nice, graphic feel to this. Especially nice with no "effects' applied.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on January 14, 2015 at 12:40 PM

Worth doing, Gigi. This turned out well, with good detail and no fancy effects.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 14, 2015 at 1:15 PM

Gigi this is simply magnificent - a watercolor!!! True art!!

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on January 14, 2015 at 4:58 PM

I love the high key effect, Gigi. Great sharpness and color. Excellent photo!

Nathan

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on January 14, 2015 at 5:32 PM

This is flat out wonderful, Gigi. I really like the high key effect here; looks like a painting.

Ed

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 14, 2015 at 10:19 PM

Wonderful effect, Gigi. Kudos.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 15, 2015 at 6:08 AM

Wonderfully edgy feel to this graphic image, Gigi, with a strong sense of the fragility of the flowers. A very lovely image !!

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 15, 2015 at 5:16 PM

Gigi: Just a superbly crafted image and a striking result. Bravo!!

>=))>

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 15, 2015 at 6:44 PM

So lovely, great hi-key !

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on January 16, 2015 at 6:12 PM

Hi Gigi,

Your image looks like a detailed colored pencil illustration. Well done

..................Jim

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 17, 2015 at 5:51 AM

Brilliantly worked photograph, Gigi! Both in composition and in post-processing, this indeed shows the full array of your skills. I mean this in a most complimentary way, when I say it looks like a masterfully and meticulously hand crafted illustration. Bravo!

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Comment posted by Bernie Kasper on January 17, 2015 at 5:41 PM

Incredible work Gigi !!!!

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on January 18, 2015 at 12:38 PM

Gigi, you do some of the most beautiful "high key" work I have ever seen. Looks like a painting or drawing.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 19, 2015 at 6:06 PM

It looks like a painting. Beautiful!!!!!

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on January 23, 2015 at 11:11 PM

Lovely! Glad to see this on the WP as I missed it the first go-round! Congrats…I would not have recognized this as yours… You seem to be expanding the boundaries! Cool!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 24, 2015 at 6:53 AM

Congratulations on the WP. IMHO this is the most unusual (in a good way) floral photo I've seen here in a long time. Great image!

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 24, 2015 at 3:39 PM

Many congratulations, Gigi, on the WP for this very creative image !!!!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 26, 2015 at 4:23 PM

Competition in Flora was fierce this week, Gigi, but this was my pick and I'm glad to see it here. Congrats!

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