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Brushing Up On Sub-Tropical Flowers
e6filmuser
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A few years ago, at a local car boot sale, I purchased six wall plates of "orchids". It turned out that one was by a different artist and was of irises. To me, that was the real stunner.
http://glassmenagerie.com/aos_online_store.html?details=10594&pcount=10594&ca_id=3758
This shrub was outside our hotel room on the Caribbean Island of St Lucia. I was particularly interested in the delicate texture and pastel colours of the petals. I have adjusted the image to bring out these features as they might have been captured in a painting (inspired by the painted plate referred to above).
The framing had them facing the edge of the frame, giving little scope for composition so I went for a tight, square crop.
E-P2, probably Kiron 70-150, sunlight, hand-held.
This version, due to loss of the RAW original, was made from a JPEG, so could have been better.
Unlike the artist, I had to include the foliage, which either limits or emphasises the effect, I'm not sure.
Harold
http://glassmenagerie.com/aos_online_store.html?details=10594&pcount=10594&ca_id=3758
This shrub was outside our hotel room on the Caribbean Island of St Lucia. I was particularly interested in the delicate texture and pastel colours of the petals. I have adjusted the image to bring out these features as they might have been captured in a painting (inspired by the painted plate referred to above).
The framing had them facing the edge of the frame, giving little scope for composition so I went for a tight, square crop.
E-P2, probably Kiron 70-150, sunlight, hand-held.
This version, due to loss of the RAW original, was made from a JPEG, so could have been better.
Unlike the artist, I had to include the foliage, which either limits or emphasises the effect, I'm not sure.
Harold
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If you wanted to do some post, you could emphasize the flower by softening the background a little or by cropping to include less of the foliage.
You haven't seen the results of my "skills" in dealing with parts of images. :nah
Harold
Brian v.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/
Thanks, Brian.
I have yet to identify the tree/shrub, not knowing where to start in this case.
Harold