Floral Fire

[pgriz]

Mishele has inspired me with her beautiful florals, and I have been working to learn the method. As noted in an earlier post, not so easy to do well. This is another step on the long road.

Subject: red poppy. 90mm Tamron macro lens, 1:1 extension, f/2.8, light supplied by off-camera diffused flash.

Comments, critiques welcome. Flaming and verbal straffing will be tolerated.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I'd like to see a square crop, removing only from the black area.
Also a vertical crop, removing some of each side.

 

[pgriz]

Will experiment with your suggestion, tonight. In the vertical crop, would you center the in-focus part, or leave it to the side?

 

[pgriz]

So, seeing that the venus transit was hidden behind evening clouds and showers, I consoled myself with some editing...




(The square crop, as per BJ's suggestion)

and



(a more vertical crop with some rotation to create a diagonal)

So... any of these intersting enough? Personally, I really like the last one, and will be seeing about printing this.

 

[jdsfighter]

I like it, but feel like the contrast in the in focus area could be slightly sharper, it somewhat blends with the brighter area.

 

[mishele]

Wow....inspired another!! lol
Sorry, I missed this the first time around!!
The vertical crop works best for me. It's like a flame sizzling up from the bottom. =) The name fits the image perfectly!!
Keep shooting babe!!!

 

[cgipson1]

ooh.. I missed this! I prefer the original and the Vertical crop.. the vert rocks! Very nice!

 

[Frequency]

WOW
Beauty
i like the cropped images more