Wearing water like diamonds

[Peeb]

Wearing water like diamonds by Peeb-USA, on Flickr

 

[pixmedic]

very cool!

 

[smoke665]

Cool shot!

 

[Peeb]

Link was busted for a few minutes- should be displaying again!

 

[davidharmier60]

That is awful nice!

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[baturn]

Very nice!

 

[Peeb]

very cool!

Thanks! I'm really digging my macro lens I picked up. Having fun.

 

[Peeb]

Cool shot!

Thanks, Smoke- appreciate you looking.

 

[jcdeboever]

Super nice

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Great title and even better shot!

 

[Light Guru]

Not a fan of the hash lighting. It doesn't mix well with a delicate flower.

 

[Peeb]

Not a fan of the hash lighting. It doesn't mix well with a delicate flower.

Thanks for looking and sharing your critique. Could the processing (which focused on getting 'pop' out of the water') be bothering you as well? Same image but softened:

I do agree with you that the lighting is not soft, so could be simply irreparable in that respect if soft lighting is the goal.

Personally, when it comes to flowers, I enjoy a wide variety of takes (lighting processing, POV, etc.) but your observation is dead-on, and appreciated. Thanks again for looking and giving me your impressions.

 

[zombiesniper]

Great shot.
I prefer the original but I'm a sharper is better freak.

 

[smoke665]

I agree ^^^. Personally I don't find the light to harsh in the original. The only thing I might suggest for next time is to work on the exposure to capture the detail in the water drops (like those in right lower petal) without blowing the highlights. I've done this before using reflectors to give nice even lighting. The other point would to adjust for greater DOF, or resort to focus stacking.

 

[limr]

Thirded. I like the first image better (not just 'better' - I like it a lot, actually) and don't find the lighting too harsh. I don't like the loss of contrast in the second version. Looks flat. The first version had much more dimension to it.