Floral abstracts

[cgipson1]

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Someones trying to do a Mish!

Not sure if its just my screen, but the colours seem very very strong. Almost a little too strong in that detail/quality is being lost in the overall saturation. Maybe a tiny bit pulling back on the overall or select colour channels might help

 

[manaheim]

It's really hard to do pictures of flowers anywhere within 20 million miles of Mish. She's the Georgia O'Keefe of photography.

I would ask her for some tips.

That said, maybe you don't want to be copying her and find your own way.

I personally hate pictures of flowers... boring as snot... but I love hers.

Yours did not entice me, personally. Kinda harsh in some respects.

I'd love to say more, but I'm horrible at critiquing flower pics.

 

[cgipson1]

Someones trying to do a Mish!

Not sure if its just my screen, but the colours seem very very strong. Almost a little too strong in that detail/quality is being lost in the overall saturation. Maybe a tiny bit pulling back on the overall or select colour channels might help

I will say I was inspired by Mish.. that is true! And it is obvious to anyone, that I am not capable of copying her.... not even close! I will check out the color channels though! Thanks!

I didn't saturate these heavily.. mostly just a touch on the yellow!

 

[cgipson1]

It's really hard to do pictures of flowers anywhere within 20 million miles of Mish. She's the Georgia O'Keefe of photography.

I would ask her for some tips.

That said, maybe you don't want to be copying her and find your own way.

I personally hate pictures of flowers... boring as snot... but I love hers.

Yours did not entice me, personally. Kinda harsh in some respects.

I'd love to say more, but I'm horrible at critiquing flower pics.

Yes.. I agree, these were basically my version of snapshots for this type of shot. They are a harsh. Lighting was harsh, as I didn't have an umbrella with me.. just a SB-900 with the bounce card out. All handheld and shot very quickly, and on flowers that were well past their prime.

A very poor emulation of what our lovely Mishele produces... I know. I would love to be able to produce shots similar to what Mishele does, although different enough to be my own.... and this was just a quick verification and test of what I thought she was doing. I probably shouldn't have posted them.. but wanted to see what feedback I would get.

I love flowers photos.. especially the soft abstract type.. and have done others prior to this... even back in the 80's. But this was the first time I was actually inspired by someone elses shots... so they are probably somewhat derivative. I apologize for that!

 

[mishele]

Hey.....shoot away!!! I'm not the say all in flower photography!! My technique is really not that difficult......lol Just shoot everything at 2.8.....=) Find flowers w/ a deep DOF and try to find a tip to focus on.....=) Not every flower is going to work. Sometimes it just comes down to finding the perfect specimen.
I shoot everything handheld so I can mover around a lot.
I like the first one a lot. It seems a little over saturated but I'm on a craptop so that might not be accurate.

To you other guys .....thanks for the kind words!! It's nice to know I hold such high regard in the flower photography world.......

 

[cgipson1]

I desaturated the shots in the original post and edited the post with the new shots.... better?

 

[manaheim]

It's really hard to do pictures of flowers anywhere within 20 million miles of Mish. She's the Georgia O'Keefe of photography.

I would ask her for some tips.

That said, maybe you don't want to be copying her and find your own way.

I personally hate pictures of flowers... boring as snot... but I love hers.

Yours did not entice me, personally. Kinda harsh in some respects.

I'd love to say more, but I'm horrible at critiquing flower pics.

Yes.. I agree, these were basically my version of snapshots for this type of shot. They are a harsh. Lighting was harsh, as I didn't have an umbrella with me.. just a SB-900 with the bounce card out. All handheld and shot very quickly, and on flowers that were well past their prime.

A very poor emulation of what our lovely Mishele produces... I know. I would love to be able to produce shots similar to what Mishele does, although different enough to be my own.... and this was just a quick verification and test of what I thought she was doing. I probably shouldn't have posted them.. but wanted to see what feedback I would get.

I love flowers photos.. especially the soft abstract type.. and have done others prior to this... even back in the 80's. But this was the first time I was actually inspired by someone elses shots... so they are probably somewhat derivative. I apologize for that!

I tried it, too. I was so humiliated by my failure that I curled up under the sofa and wept.

 

[GeorgieGirl]

I've got an amaryllis that just opened...waaay past Christmas, but I was going to give it a go with that flower later in my little light box room. Wish me luck!

 

[cgipson1]

I've got an amaryllis that just opened...waaay past Christmas, but I was going to give it a go with that flower later in my little light box room. Wish me luck!

Rotsa Ruck.. as Scooby Doo would say! Please post them, would love to see them. i am battling a yucky head cold right now.. but if I can find the energy, I might break out the soft light tools, and do some more shooting along these lines. Outside is dreary and cold... so that is out. I do love those soft oof colors... wow!