Rose.

Paul Iddon

Bought a small bunch of roses today from the market (the wife and daughter picked 'em) with sole intention of doing photography with a rose bloom.

After some playing around I ended up with two images.

The first one has seen some extensive photoshop treatment to give the image a soft dreamlike effect:





The second one was very carefully set up afterwrds, by adding a tiny droplet of water onto a single petal edge - which was specifically focused upon with selective DoF.

I definately prefer this image to the first one btw:





Enjoy.


Paul.

canon400d

Paul Iddon wrote:

Bought a small bunch of roses today from the market (the wife and daughter picked 'em) with sole intention of doing photography with a rose bloom.

After some playing around I ended up with two images.

The first one has seen some extensive photoshop treatment to give the image a soft dreamlike effect:

The second one was very carefully set up afterwrds, by adding a tiny droplet of water onto a single petal edge - which was specifically focused upon with selective DoF.

I definately prefer this image to the first one btw:

Enjoy.

Paul.

Very nice shots Paul. I agree with you. I like the second photo best but having said that your first photo is excellent too because of the meaning behind it.
Bob
Dumfries & Galloway

Paul Iddon

Thanks Bob.


Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely shots Paul,
Prefer #2
Nice PS treatment on #1 but think the leaves look a bit odd like that. Not sure but might look better with the stem stripped first.
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian.

The roses are in a vase now, so may still get a chance to play around again.

Paul.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

Bought a small bunch of roses today from the market (the wife and daughter picked 'em) with sole intention of doing photography with a rose bloom.

After some playing around I ended up with two images.

The first one has seen some extensive photoshop treatment to give the image a soft dreamlike effect:

The second one was very carefully set up afterwrds, by adding a tiny droplet of water onto a single petal edge - which was specifically focused upon with selective DoF.

I definately prefer this image to the first one btw:
Enjoy.

Paul.

Hi Paul, I'm not real keen on that dreamy look.
I think it's one of those things where you either really like it or you don't.

Love that second shot that is really really pretty
... Skippy
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Paul Iddon

Thanks Skippy.

It's my preferred one too

Paul.

summerz

Wow those are pretty.

Paul Iddon

Thank you Summerz.



Paul.

Vivax

Love that second shot as well, beautiful clarity in the drop.

Paul Iddon

Thank you Vivax.

Paul.