Spot lit

[Bambi]

okay, so our photography club challenge for next week is flowers. I know that I take a lot of photos of flowers but I am always unsatisfied as they just look like photos of flowers. :shrug: I want to be creative. So I decided to take it inside and play with lights, backgrounds, etc.

this is a simple study of the rose- I simply turned the lights down and then spotlit the flower using a flashlight. I exaggerated the dark in PP with a dodge brush and a vignette.

Rip me apart. :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8319/8031169536_fa88222548_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bambe1964/8031169536/)
spotlit take 2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bambe1964/8031169536/) by bambe1964 (http://www.flickr.com/people/bambe1964/), on Flickr

[slackercruster]

Beautiful work Bambi. Nicest I've seen of your shots. Really nice!

Wish we had a photo club here. Nothing close by. Maybe an hour or more drive.

[Bambi]

thank you!!! I am glad that you like it. Fooling with arrangements and lighting is new to me. :)

[AntZ]

I like the lighting and DOF. If I had to find some thing to critic, it might be a bit too centred for me. and maybe the material it is on has a bit too much detail/texture and steals some of the attention?

[Matt K.]

Well done, Bambi. You nailed it. Love how the petals fade out of sharpness. Really nice.

[Bambi]

thank you guys. I appreciate the feedback.

[Iguanasan]

Lovely work, Bambi and I don't really have much to say other than one's been said. Very well done, Bambi, but do yourself a favour and go to the dollar store and pick up a sheet of white and a sheet of black bristol board. It'll give you a much smoother and less distracting background with which to work. Lay it on a table or the floor or bed or something and put something behind it so you get a smooth curve.

[Bambi]

Lovely work, Bambi and I don't really have much to say other than one's been said. Very well done, Bambi, but do yourself a favour and go to the dollar store and pick up a sheet of white and a sheet of black bristol board. It'll give you a much smoother and less distracting background with which to work. Lay it on a table or the floor or bed or something and put something behind it so you get a smooth curve.


good idea!

[Marko]

Not much for me to say here except that I'm also a fan.

[QuietOne]

I keep coming back to this one, so I'll be contrary. I actually like the texture of the cloth you've set it on. Yes, it's a little too prominent, mostly in color, I think, but if you tone it down a touch, both the color and the knobby loops add to the picture.

[Bambi]

thank you Q1 and Marko, I can def tone down the blue. But I kinda liked it. :)

[Marko]

Now that I see QO's comment on the blue, and relook at the image I must agree.
The bluish cast (the opposite colour of yellow) is likely robbing the yellow petals of their natural colour. Might be interesting to correct the bluish cast only on the petals. Just a thought