Mimosa

[Barefoot]

http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy94/CircleOfConfussion/Mimosa.jpg

[belliveau]

i like the contrast you get with the colors

[Marko]

Lovely colours and an interesting composition. Good sharpness as well!

[kat]

Love it Barefoot! Love what you are posting lately! Great work!

[Barefoot]

Lovely colours and an interesting composition. Good sharpness as well!

Thanks, Marko and everyone else as well.

So as not to confuse, this is practically straight from the camera. There was a very slight levels adjustment, a custom WB, a correction for lens distortion, and a bit of sharpening. I took advantage of some options offered for .nef files through Capture NX 2 that improve (in my eye) the overall look of the raw file by removing as much noise and color moire as possible.

Primarily, this look comes from spot metering off a subject bathed in direct sun with the surrounding areas falling in shadow (light filtering through the trees, for example) and underexposing by 1/3-1 full stop. I've gotten away from matrix metering except in those situations where you have to shoot when not being able to look through the view finder. I would encourage all to work with spot metering for a while until you understand how it works and what it can do to possibly improve your photography.

[Barefoot]

Love it Barefoot! Love what you are posting lately! Great work!

Thanks, Kat. that means a lot to me coming from you.

[Mad Aussie]

Very cool processing BF! This has really enhanced the light/shadow play here.

[Runmonty]

Really like this. The leaves frame the flowers beautifully

[Doug L]

Exceptional image! I love the composition and lighting.

[Hillbillygirl]

Absolutely lovely capture with amazing lighting.

[Bambi]

really interesting composition. I love the pop of colour too