scratch n' sniff

digital faerie · February 27, 2005

can't wait till the next century, I'm sure "scratch n' sniff" technology will be available to photographers for shots like these.....authorities would probably outlaw the technology for less desirable subjects, though. :rofl critique welcomed! one thing I have learned tonight is that roses can be hard with their texture and almost reflective quality.

Charlie Brown · February 27, 2005

show off.

great shot faerie. you keep shooting those macro shots and ill keep wanting a new camera, so stop making them look so good already.

charlie

digital faerie · February 27, 2005

Charlie Brown wrote:

show off.

great shot faerie. you keep shooting those macro shots and ill keep wanting a new camera, so stop making them look so good already.

charlie

showoff :lol4

ya big goober. thanks for the compliment though. hehe

gubbs · February 28, 2005

Beautiful rose pictures but I love the richness of this one.

clap

They'd make a good tryptich.

digital faerie · February 28, 2005

gubbs wrote:

Beautiful rose pictures but I love the richness of this one. clap
They'd make a good tryptich.

ah yes, from it's wholeness to the beauty of it even if it falls apart.

thank you!

MainFragger · March 2, 2005

Nice...
my one minor suggestion would be an indirect light on the right side of the flower...just to take some edge off the shadow and let you see a little more detail on that side. The shadow makes it nice and moody, but I am a voyeur who likes to see everything! ; )

MainFragger

digital faerie · March 3, 2005

MainFragger wrote:

my one minor suggestion would be an indirect light on the right side of the flower...just to take some edge off the shadow and let you see a little more detail on that side. The shadow makes it nice and moody, but I am a voyeur who likes to see everything! ; )

MainFragger

and I like it nice and moody!

thank you!

Angelo · March 3, 2005

This is very pretty DF but I'm wondering if you cropped it a bit tight and also, what if there were just a little more light on the right side? Or maybe even less so the rose is popping out of blackness?

lynnma · March 3, 2005

Angelo wrote:

This is very pretty DF but I'm wondering if you cropped it a bit tight and also, what if there were just a little more light on the right side? Or maybe even less so the rose is popping out of blackness?

thats lovely df... now you've got me at it... I wish I had a macro tho.. maybe thats my "next" lens???

ginger_55 · March 3, 2005

Lynn, you are back? I think you should make an announcement.

ginger, hope you had fun!

lynnma · March 3, 2005

ginger_55 wrote:

Lynn, you are back? I think you should make an announcement.

ginger, hope you had fun!

Announcing "I'm Baaaack".... :giggle :jose :cool :cheer :curtsey

fish · March 3, 2005

digital faerie wrote:

can't wait till the next century, I'm sure "scratch n' sniff" technology will be available to photographers for shots like these.....authorities would probably outlaw the technology for less desirable subjects, though. critique welcomed! one thing I have learned tonight is that roses can be hard with their texture and almost reflective quality.

hiya faerie,

since the cropping issue has already been raised, i'll leave that alone. What I really like about this image is the color of the petals. it's very rich and sublime. none of my roses have that color, so i'm assuming you tweaked it a bit in PS. I really like it and would like to see some more of your rose shots given the same treatment. I underexpose my roses, and bring them up in PS, trying not to touch the saturation much, since they are usually so bright. Sometimes I detune the sat a bit to prevent them from looking unreal. But the color you assigned to this rose is really nice. Keep going!

digital faerie · March 3, 2005

Angelo wrote:

This is very pretty DF but I'm wondering if you cropped it a bit tight and also, what if there were just a little more light on the right side? Or maybe even less so the rose is popping out of blackness?

I did have a light on the right but far far away just so I could get a bit of detail without losing the nice shadow-play apparent in the petals. but I guess that's my own preference

thank you for commenting!!

digital faerie · March 3, 2005

lynnma wrote:

Announcing "I'm Baaaack".... :giggle :jose :cool :cheer :curtsey

welcome back girlfriend!! nice shots btw, I can't believe you don't have a macro lens?!?

seems like it'd be right up your alley.

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digital faerie · March 3, 2005

fish wrote:

hiya faerie,

since the cropping issue has already been raised, i'll leave that alone. What I really like about this image is the color of the petals. it's very rich and sublime. none of my roses have that color, so i'm assuming you tweaked it a bit in PS. I really like it and would like to see some more of your rose shots given the same treatment. I underexpose my roses, and bring them up in PS, trying not to touch the saturation much, since they are usually so bright. Sometimes I detune the sat a bit to prevent them from looking unreal. But the color you assigned to this rose is really nice. Keep going!

just so I can understand about the cropping, are you guys saying "give it some breathing room" on the left and a bit at the top?

thanks re: color. I did it in my old editing program and somehow lucked out with having just the right white balance and exposure so I actually didn'thave to tweak it too much. I should've written that down!!

next time I get a rose (hint hint for all you nice gentleman out there

) I'll definitely do a reshoot. roses are a challenge!!

lynnma · March 4, 2005

digital faerie wrote:

welcome back girlfriend!! nice shots btw, I can't believe you don't have a macro lens?!? seems like it'd be right up your alley. :

thanks df... no I don't ...oh my... oh my ... do I need one?? oh dear I can feel another lens fit coming on...what do you have anyway..

digital faerie · March 4, 2005

lynnma wrote:

thanks df... no I don't ...oh my... oh my ... do I need one?? oh dear I can feel another lens fit coming on...what do you have anyway..

half the reason I bought my fujifilm s7000 was because of it's built in macro capabilities, I believe up to 1cm, I recall touching my UV filter to many an object while shooting before so I guess I can get in pretty close.

If I ever want to go out and get close to insects I'll need to invest in a separate lens and on that note I don't know what to tell ya. I made a note to check out some lenses mentioned in other posts, though if you want to check it out. they are:

canon 420 EX
canon 550 EX
CANON 580 EX

I can't remember the differences since I didn't take detailed notes, but I'm sure a search for "macro lens" on the forums would produce gratifying results. let me know what you decide on. since I shoot mostly still life stuff with macro I'm very content with what I have now (which is a good thing since I can't go blowing money on camera equip. right now).

wxwax · March 4, 2005

Pssst! DF, those are flashes, not lenses!

digital faerie · March 4, 2005

wxwax wrote:

Pssst! DF, those are flashes, not lenses!

D'OH! lol, I see the small almost illegible note on that piece of paper that says "speedlight TTL (external flashes)",

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the macro list lynn is:

Canon 180 f/1.8
Canon 100mm f/2.8
Tamron 180 f/3.5

so......it's like I've always said, "Dorks are sexy"

(it's also been a loooooong day)

lynnma · March 4, 2005

digital faerie wrote:

D'OH! lol, I see the small almost illegible note on that piece of paper that says "speedlight TTL (external flashes)", .

the macro list lynn is:

Canon 180 f/1.8
Canon 100mm f/2.8
Tamron 180 f/3.5

so......it's like I've always said, "Dorks are sexy"

(it's also been a loooooong day)

thanks df .... well I for one am glad you're a dork.. that makes two of us at least.

digital faerie · March 4, 2005

lynnma wrote:

thanks df .... well I for one am glad you're a dork.. that makes two of us at least.

now that makes 3 great things going for us.

1. we can take a decent photograph
2. we're pisces
3. we're dorks

we are the COMPLETE PACKAGE!!

lynnma · March 4, 2005

digital faerie wrote:

now that makes 3 great things going for us.

1. we can take a decent photograph
2. we're pisces
3. we're dorks

we are the COMPLETE PACKAGE!!

we are .. we are
:cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer :cheer

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