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05/29/2004 12:28:39 PM · #1 |
Is it an ok practice to blow out the highlights a bit when shooting florals. I wasn't going for the soft calm effect here, I wanted more of a boom in the viewers face feel. Softening the highlights just wasn't doing it for me.
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05/29/2004 12:50:56 PM · #2 |
| I think the photo looks great. whereas the highlights are blown out there are just barely blown out and for me at least it does not detract from the photo. |
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05/29/2004 01:13:43 PM · #3 |
| I like this picture very much the way it is and find that the highlights in the flowers help to balance out the very dark background you have. Very beautiful. |
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05/29/2004 01:24:35 PM · #4 |
I think blowing out highlights is a stylistic choice, and that it depends on the photograph. I think that if you are deliberate about it and find ways to make it work, it can be a great tool. As for the original shot above, I like your highlights. Though blown out in just a few places, we're not losing any details that are important, so I think it works, especially with that very dark background.
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05/29/2004 01:25:46 PM · #5 |
I like the shot, but it does not pop out at me, and the blown highlights are distracting from an otherwise softer portrait of the flower.
Contrast, especially with the background, is what gives an image the effect of coming out of the screen at the viewer. 150W is just not enough light for this. The shadows on the face of the flower cause it to blend into the background on the right. And while the blown hightlights do cause a lot of contrast with the black, it does so by loosing the detail of the shot. My suggestion is to not blow out the hightlights, but instead get more light on the subject, and spread the light out more evenly. It does not have to be exactly even if you want the side lighted feel, which is probably best as having the slight shadowed areas will bring out the contrast in the petals. Also, a small backlight will provide a slight halo around the subject to produce more separation from the background.
It is a great arrangement to be getting the fireworks feel from. Good luck.
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05/29/2004 01:36:04 PM · #6 |
Great suggestions... I will be giving them a test next time I shoot a floral arrangement on black.
Thanks,
-danny
Originally posted by Britannica:
I like the shot, but it does not pop out at me, and the blown highlights are distracting from an otherwise softer portrait of the flower.
Contrast, especially with the background, is what gives an image the effect of coming out of the screen at the viewer. 150W is just not enough light for this. The shadows on the face of the flower cause it to blend into the background on the right. And while the blown hightlights do cause a lot of contrast with the black, it does so by loosing the detail of the shot. My suggestion is to not blow out the hightlights, but instead get more light on the subject, and spread the light out more evenly. It does not have to be exactly even if you want the side lighted feel, which is probably best as having the slight shadowed areas will bring out the contrast in the petals. Also, a small backlight will provide a slight halo around the subject to produce more separation from the background.
It is a great arrangement to be getting the fireworks feel from. Good luck.
David |
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05/29/2004 01:49:23 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by crabappl3:
Great suggestions... I will be giving them a test next time I shoot a floral arrangement on black.
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Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this photo would be a pretty good example of what Britannica was suggesting. It's the 21st place entry in the Centered Composition challenge.
BTW, I really like your photo. The slightly blownout highlights don't bother me a bit. But, in a challenge you would probably get comments about it, and maybe score reductions as well. Some people just love to nitpick. :)
--Mick
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05/29/2004 01:55:11 PM · #8 |
| Thanks all, great suggestions. Will try again with a bit more light perhaps from behind right and see how it goes. Thanks again. |
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