Deep Purple Tulip/REPOST

Gallery: FloraPosted April 13, 20184,051 views9 comments

My friend and I went out for a photo shoot at our local botanical gardens yesterday. We really enjoyed the tulips. I took this one using my Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 100 mm L macro lens, K-800 twin flash with homemade diffuser, handheld. Settings were f13, 1/90, ISO 200. Edited in Lightroom and NIK software (normal adjustments). Slight crop, (99% of original). Comments and suggestions welcome.

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Comment posted by Skip Layman on April 13, 2018 at 4:54 PM

Looks like a "Queen of the Night". You captured the rich dark purple very well. I do find the yellow in the background a bit of a distraction.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 14, 2018 at 1:47 PM

Shirley: A beautiful subject. I agree with Skip regarding the yellow OOF stuff above the flower and I think I would bring up the brightness of the front of the bloom just a bit. I do like your DOF/POF choice. I might also vignette the corners a bit to deemphasize the somewhat cluttered BG and bring more attention to the tulip. >=))>

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 14, 2018 at 8:47 PM

Shirley, the larger image gives a much better view of the tulip, and the yellow OOF is not nearly the distraction, although the comments made by Skip and Bill are worth considering. Give them a try and see if it helps. Repost or resubmit if it looks better to you.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on April 14, 2018 at 11:07 PM

Nice detail and deep, rich color in the tulip.

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on April 15, 2018 at 3:37 PM

Thank you all so much. I was troubled with the distracting background as well, and should have investigated into what I could do to improve it. I think I have incorporated all of the suggestions using Lightroom and NIK. In NIK I was able to change the bright yellow to a darker green to go with the rest of the background. Let me know if I went overboard with the edits. I have been known to do that. Post processing isn't my strongest point yet.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 16, 2018 at 11:26 AM

Shirley: I think the repost is a significant improvement. Really well done. I've edited your title to reflect the repost. You can do this yourself using the edit link on your thumbnail. It's a good idea to let others no you've made adjustments.>=))>

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on April 16, 2018 at 1:25 PM

Thank you so much, Bill. I do appreciate the feedback, as well as you editing it to be a repost. I had never done that before, so didn't realize that I could do that. Still learning this wonderful site. You all are the best!