That Lily from earlier this week...

Paul Iddon

I think that it is a lily of some sort (definately not a freesia!) though I don't know which particularly variety.

But I wanted to keep working with the flower because it is quite splendid.

So for this edit, I went for a bright high key soft focus photo. Deliberately shot at F/7.1 @ 1.3sec ISO 100, I imported the RAW file into Lightroom and pushed the exposure up even more. Then in PS, used levels to bring the white petals against the white background back, before using a Tiffen filter to add the soft pink vignette and soft focus to finish it off. Final touch was the scatter frame and matching stroke border.





Paul.

Ann McRae

Hi Paul

I believe it is an alstoemeria, small, very pretty - lots of blooms per stem?

It is a nice photo, although I wonder if it is a bit too dreamy, creamy? Probably not, probably a good stock photo.

ann

RogersDA

Nice one Paul. I might have turned it towards the viewer a bit more. It is, however, very well done as is.

Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

I think that it is a lily of some sort (definately not a freesia!) though I don't know which particularly variety.

But I wanted to keep working with the flower because it is quite splendid.

So for this edit, I went for a bright high key soft focus photo. Deliberately shot at F/7.1 @ 1.3sec ISO 100, I imported the RAW file into Lightroom and pushed the exposure up even more. Then in PS, used levels to bring the white petals against the white background back, before using a Tiffen filter to add the soft pink vignette and soft focus to finish it off. Final touch was the scatter frame and matching stroke border.

Paul.

It's a pretty flower Paul, I would liked to have seen it turned more towards
the camera to see more inside the flower.

This would make a lovely gift card nicely done Paul .. Skippy
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canon400d

Skippy wrote:

It's a pretty flower Paul, I would liked to have seen it turned more towards
the camera to see more inside the flower.

This would make a lovely gift card nicely done Paul .. Skippy
.

Yes well done Paul. I love the way you keep creating somthing different.
Regards
Bob

canon400d

Skippy wrote:

It's a pretty flower Paul, I would liked to have seen it turned more towards
the camera to see more inside the flower.

This would make a lovely gift card nicely done Paul .. Skippy
.

Yes well done Paul. I love the way you keep creating somthing different.
Regards
Bob

MichelleL

This is nice - but i think it blends a little too much into the card, and gets a little 'lost'- - maybe it's just me, and for a lot of things, I think it boils down to personal taste, but I would like to see this with a contrasting background to really bring out the petals at the back. Again - just me.

Lord Vetinari

LOvely shot- reminded me of a Victorian postcard
Agree with Michelle think it needs a slightly more contrasty background.
Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Thanks all for looking.

It's just arty, so I was interested in reactions. Varied eh?


Paul.