Gill's flower...

[Paul Iddon]

The wife picked a flower this evening and asked me to photograph it. The problem with a lot of vivid red flowers is they don't always photograph that well due to the strenght of the primary colour. So with that in mind, I added a Bas Relief filter to the image to take away some of the power.

Hope you like it.


http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/pauliddon001/800gillsflowercentrecopy.jpg




Opinions always encouraged.



Paul.

[acchildress]

I was thinking that it was too artificial. but reading your post, I think it look like a painting.

[Woolburr]

Interesting shot...cropping it just above the tip will strengthen the image even further.

[Paul Iddon]

Thanks for your comments.

I left the crop Woolburr for now, but I did "coool" the image down a bit on the second processing attempt.

Perhaps you'll all find the result better?


http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn206/pauliddon001/800gillsflowercentrecopy-2-Edit.jpg



Paul.

[joelham]

i really like it paul, how'd you light it?

[Paul Iddon]

HI Joel.

The light is direct from a fleurescent lamp from above, simple as that, with the camera WB set to the same.


Paul.