Garden Beauties

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• rychousmama (228)
• [2007-06-12 23:25]
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Well Karen you made what could be a quite typical subject eye-catching and appealling. I really love how you used not only a transparent frame but you put a rich gold tint in it to pick up on the yellows in the flowers. Good post-processing with the petals emerging out of the frame, just be a bit careful with the little hints of green above the petals at the right. I would recommend zooming in more in Photoshop (or whatever editing program you use) and then doing the editing, becuase when you can't see clearly to use a smaller tool brush it can be difficult. Great point of view low, but looking down a bit to allow those green stems and leaves to be the backdrop for the flowers themselves. They have a nice angle, going from bottom left to upper right that creates dynamism and balance. Be careful with letting the shot get too bright because some parts of the petals are overexposed. It is hard metering with white surfaces under direct sunlight, so try either using a faster shutter speed OR you could invest in getting a polarizing filter for your lens to reduce glare and reflection. Perfect depth of field so that the stems in the background are both out-of-focus but still identifiable. Nice rich tones and good framing. Make sure that larger flower is just a tiny bit more off-center for balance. Really beautiful work! TFS!
P.S.: looks like we've already got a photo to discuss in our planned space, it was uploaded on the main gallery just after yours...... ;)
-Lara