Summer Bloom

**Mad Aussie** · 01-02-2010, 07:11 PM

I took this one with a P&S and decided to have a play with some processing with it. Some directional lighting and vignetting has been added to some other processes.

This one is a different process obviously

**Mad Aussie** · 01-02-2010, 07:34 PM

Added another photo the post above.

**Bambi** · 01-02-2010, 07:46 PM

very cool. I love the glow in the second process!!

**Mad Aussie** · 01-02-2010, 07:48 PM

Thanks Bambi

**kat** · 01-02-2010, 07:50 PM

Oh wow! Just beautiful! That second one is a breathe taker! Gorgeous colors!

**Mad Aussie** · 01-02-2010, 07:51 PM

Thanks very much Kat

**Marko** · 01-02-2010, 07:54 PM

Interesting treatment on both MA. I love the yellow in shot one but I find the top half of the flower way too dark or way too burned in.
Shot 2 I find could use a bit more burning in all around the main subject.
Hope that helps - Marko

**Mad Aussie** · 01-02-2010, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by Marko

Interesting treatment on both MA. I love the yellow in shot one but I find the top half of the flower way too dark or way too burned in.
Shot 2 I find could use a bit more burning in all around the main subject.
Hope that helps - Marko

You picked on the two very things I was trying to achieve the opposite of

I wanted the darkness in the first shot to highlight the 'spotlight' effect ... and I wanted a bright, almost blown out effect in the second to achieve a strong, fairytale glow

I used an off camera flash to achieve that lighting to start with and went from there.
But that's ok ... I know you have a aversion to overly dark or overly light photos