Flowers in her hair
by Paul

Comment by Paul:

Originally posted by benjikan: Originally posted by eyewave: Absolutely fabulous, congrats on the ribbon. Hope benjikan saw this :) Yes, I have just seen it...Nice image! Well done. Beautiful lighting and Post Production. We seem to have a similar vision. This was shot for Spring Magazine from their last issue, came out back in the Spring of this year and shot in studio in Paris. It seems that flowers are really happening ;-) //www.pbase.com/benjikan/image/107202763 //www.pbase.com/benjikan/image/107202868

Chalk and cheese here - benjikan- your work is in a different league altogether. Fabulous stuff. I'm just a guy with a camera and some software!

I had actually already shot this image by the time I noticed your 'umbrella' post and it certainly made me think (and it made me laugh - I appreciated the engaging, journalistic intent); I did feel the need to acknowledge my lighting choices in my description of the image and I meant what I said about having no clue about lighting - I think I even used the umbrella backwards and since Nic was lying on the kitchen floor and I had to work around the kitchen table I managed to cast a shadow from the leg of the tripod across her face! Thank goodness for Viveza - I was able to recover the shadow area with some careful control point guided trickery! I should have re-shot but I had already stretched my wife's tolerance after having her lie for about 40 minutes on a rock hard surface. Proof that I am a very amateur photographer in every sense of the word.

Thanks for the comment - it is appreciated.

Flowers in her hair
by Paul

Comment by gsal:
Flawless. Beautiful. Congrats on the yellow!

Flowers in her hair
by Paul

Comment by benjikan:

Originally posted by eyewave: Absolutely fabulous, congrats on the ribbon. Hope benjikan saw this :)

Yes, I have just seen it...Nice image! Well done. Beautiful lighting and Post Production.

We seem to have a similar vision. This was shot for Spring Magazine from their last issue, came out back in the Spring of this year and shot in studio in Paris. It seems that flowers are really happening ;-)

//www.pbase.com/benjikan/image/107202763
//www.pbase.com/benjikan/image/107202868

Message edited by author 2009-08-07 05:03:17.

Culinary Condiments
by Paul

Comment by tokyoahead:
great illumination. The jar covers disappear a bit too much. I try recognizing them which distracts me from the actual image.

Spiky Sharpness and Bokeh
by Paul

Comment by Ja-9:
This to me looks so very 3D...well done

...Away
by Paul

Comment by stacey1015:
great pic

Spiky Sharpness and Bokeh
by Paul

Comment by Kavey:
Lovely high contrast.

...Away
by Paul

Comment by SaraR:
A very powerful photo with immediate visual and emotional impact.

Spiky Sharpness and Bokeh
by Paul

Comment by xodiak:
I like this shot but, since several subjects are in focus, I find my eye darting around the image. This would have been a truly fine shot if you could have composed a single point of interest

Droplet
by Paul

Comment by Jutilda:
Looks like a little jewel cabachon!!