Katy Lily (I believe)

DaPOPO · Jan 7, 2020

It was a frigid 75 degrees in Katy Texas the other day.... :azzangel:

So I took a picture in my backyard...

Jeff15 · Jan 7, 2020

Lovely shot.......

PJM · Jan 7, 2020

Nicely done.

K9Kirk · Jan 7, 2020

Very nice! I'd sure like to know how people get that shaded background but highlighted flower appearance. It looks works amazingly well with these types of pics. Any help would be grrreatly appreciated. BTW, I'm not jealous of your weather as I'm in sunny Florida. Others may feel a slight sting.

Derrel · Jan 7, 2020

Good lighting makes this a fun shot to see.

Jeff G · Jan 8, 2020

Very nice!

DaPOPO · Jan 12, 2020

Jeff15 said:
Lovely shot.......

Thanks

DaPOPO · Jan 12, 2020

PJM said:
Nicely done.

Thanks!

DaPOPO · Jan 12, 2020

Jeff G said:
Very nice!

You have great taste!!! :bouncingsmileys:

DaPOPO · Jan 12, 2020

Derrel said:
Good lighting makes this a fun shot to see.

Yes, the basic light was there so it made for a nice shot.. Thanks.

DaPOPO · Jan 12, 2020

K9Kirk said:
Very nice! I'd sure like to know how people get that shaded background but highlighted flower appearance. It looks works amazingly well with these types of pics. Any help would be grrreatly appreciated. BTW, I'm not jealous of your weather as I'm in sunny Florida. Others may feel a slight sting.

So, as I told Derrel, the basic light was there so I had a good base to work with. Here is the original untouched photo..

The plant is sitting in shade. I am facing northeast around 7:30am.

I use a combination of Lightroom and Photoshop. I hit the auto adjust button in Lightroom and it gave me this... I did some final adjustments I wanted, highlights, clarity, saturation, etc...

Then I look at the background, and I drop the exposure down to where I think the background looks good.

I then painted the flower with the exposure brush and just painted the parts of the flower and stems that I wanted.

Then adjust that exposure brush up to the point where you think it looks good including the Highlights. Remember the highlights, not to much, not to little. Too little and the light is flat....

I then imported the file into Photoshop and using the Spot Healing tool, I removed all of the pollen, debris, whatever from the flower....

Voila, the final product...