Critique for a rose??

[onehotrx7]

Would appreciate any critique or comments on this image:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=1281516&size=md

If you want to see it full size, try:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?photo_id=1281516&size=lg

Cheers,
Stuart

[JamieAU]

Can't get that one to come up for me at all Stuart

[onehotrx7]

That's strange, I'm seeing it here, and on the preview... if all else fails it's a PhotoSig now:
http://www.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=691807

Cheers,
Stuart

[JamieAU]

Very weird, this is the image I was getting from two different locations...

www.professionalgeek.net/imagery/image-display.jpg

I'll have a look at the photosig one :)

Wow that was definitely worth the wait, that is one gorgeous flower I love the glow it seems to have from the lighting. So very crisp it almost looks like glass.

[slejhamer]

Three thumbs up, as I gave you on the Sig!

Love the lighting. Draws my eyes right to center. Did you use a spotlight? The fall-off toward the edges works great.

[Conk]

Very nice Stuart. I like the blackened out background and the transperency outer edges of the rose pedals. Very delicate. Simple framing works great too. This is one flower shot where it was taken strait on and works.

[Leighow]

STUART

This is definitely you best post ever! -- nothwithstanding yout Pop-Out and recent flower.

The lighting, the blackout, the .. well everything .. is simply terrific.

HOWIE

[Darrell_F]

Very nice, good compostion. Color seems to go just a littel too grey/green on outer petals. Don't think it's my monitor; don't see this on other images.

Please share with us how you did this. How did you set-up lighting; was it a ringlight?

[onehotrx7]

This is simply soft lighting at sunrise, and a carefully composed capture, then a bit of work on the PC to seperate it from the background, clean a couple of blemishes from the petals, etc... nothing major!