Alstromera Still Life

Paul Iddon

Taken late last night/early morning while watching "Shutter" (a movie about a photographer) this is an Alstromera out of the bunch of flowers bought on Monday.

I decided to compliment the reddish markings in the petals by using a red background (the plastic lid off the recycling container) and after tweaking the usual (except for any sharpening - that was done in the resize action I use to get images down to 800x600 @ 72dpi) but I did add a Bas Relief layer reduced to 23% opacity, and the small drop shadow border and a 5px stroke.

The light was simply the ceiling flourescent tube.

C&C as always appreciated...

(It's way past my bedtime, so you all in the morning)...


Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2009:06:18 01:03:41
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 1.000 s
Aperture: f/22.0
ISO equiv: 400
White Balance: Manual
Metering Mode: Spot
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)






Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Can't see any ghosts
Good one Paul
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

It's a good film init Brian?

That bloke is him who is in the sereies "Fringe".


Paul.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

Taken late last night/early morning while watching "Shutter" (a movie about a photographer) this is an Alstromera out of the bunch of flowers bought on Monday.

I decided to compliment the reddish markings in the petals by using a red background (the plastic lid off the recycling container) and after tweaking the usual (except for any sharpening - that was done in the resize action I use to get images down to 800x600 @ 72dpi) but I did add a Bas Relief layer reduced to 23% opacity, and the small drop shadow border and a 5px stroke.

The light was simply the ceiling flourescent tube.

C&C as always appreciated...

(It's way past my bedtime, so you all in the morning)...
Paul.

Your background works very nicely with this shot Paul
Looks like a studio shot .... Skippy
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Paul Iddon

Thanks Skippy x

Paul.