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Day 14 - Iris 2
Day 14 - Iris 2
ephln


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Camera: Toshiba PDR-M700
Date: Jul 13, 2007
Galleries: Floral
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2007

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 Finding it difficult to get the lighting right on white flowers. I've tried different times of day...and I just can't seem to capture the luminosity without the blowout.

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 07/20/2007 10:11:22 AM
I think you've done good with the whites and the pastel purple of the center portion of this is also very nice. I like this shot over the other one because of the angle and the fact you can see the dotted underside of the petals. I agree that it is a little soft but this can be overcome to some degree in pp. The problem with clearing up the flower is the graininess you'll get as a side effect but you can help that by processing the flower separately from the bg. If you get graininess on the flower when you do this then use the blur tool and blur on the petals while leaving the edges of the petals alone.

Hope you don't mind but here's an edit I did to show you what I mean. This is just a quickie off of your posted image but if you did it to the original it would probably work much better.

Message edited by author 2007-07-20 10:33:20.
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 07/14/2007 10:58:28 PM
So elegant and so beautiful.....
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 07/14/2007 05:51:12 PM
You did capture the whites nicely but have to agree on the softness...it's a plague to me !!!!
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 07/14/2007 01:01:26 PM
Pleasing image. Very nice whites.
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 07/14/2007 12:56:20 PM
White flowers are hard, but you have done a nice job with this one. Very pretty!
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 07/14/2007 12:51:39 PM
This is pretty good work as far as whites go, and lovely flower, but it seems to soft on the edges... It may be intentional, but it isn't working for me.
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