Iris moods

Cornflake · March 11, 2019

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denisegoldberg · March 11, 2019

I love the second photo!

Eia · March 11, 2019

the last one -- Just GORGEOUS! I like the small water drop on the first one with the detail but then the second one just explodes! I still see a water drop on the second. i like the crop showing it's symmetry. This is really a winner! How did you do the white backdrop?

Cornflake · March 11, 2019

Denise, Anna-Maria, thanks! The second photo was backlighted from direct sun coming through a window, softened by a white diffuser. I overexposed a bit to blow out the white diffuser and lighted the iris with a flash. It's about the airiest lighting I could think of.

sarasphotos · March 11, 2019

I like them both - the sensitivity of that single water drop on the stem in #1 and the superb symmetry against the white background of #2. My only very small quibbles would be about cropping: in #1 maybe just a teeny tad away from the bottom (although I do appreciate the elegance of the height of the photo conveying the length of the stem); in #2 I am very, very slightly disturbed by the fact that there's a bit more white to the left of the flower than to the right. But really, I'm nitpicking.