Lonestarlady61 Senior Member  696 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2010 Location: Montana for over 13 years but I'm originally from Houston, Texas. More info | Jan 16, 2011 01:20 | #1 One more shot of my Peace Rose. I think this is a better photo than the last one I submitted. It looks like I actually got the focus on the Rose and not the leaves this time. No rocks or stepping stones to distract from the Rose. Tell me how I can improve.  Canon 60D since Dec. 2011, Canon 28-135mm lens, Canon 70-300mm USM lens and Nifty Fifty 50mm 1.8 lens. Just got in a new lens: Tamron 18-270mm ; )
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Rimmer Goldmember  1,416 posts Likes: 4 Joined Nov 2010 More info | Jan 16, 2011 08:36 | #2 Here's a recommendation that I picked up from Rob Sheppard's "Nature and Photography" blog. He suggested that you may get more interesting pictures of flowers by getting down on their level to shoot, or perhaps even lower and shooting upward. That makes for a much more interesting image than the standard "straight down from above" picture that so many people take. Ace Rimmer -- "What a guy!"
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Rimmer Goldmember 1,416 posts Likes: 4 Joined Nov 2010 More info | Jan 16, 2011 08:50 | #3 OK, I found his older stuff. Rob reorganized his blog a while back and didn't carry everything over: Ace Rimmer -- "What a guy!"
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corkneyfonz Goldmember  2,477 posts Likes: 5 Joined Oct 2009 Location: United Kingdom More info | Jan 16, 2011 10:00 | #4 Lovely rose, nice and sharp. However, as a consequence the b/g is a little too visible. The rose is a simple mask in photoshop and the background can be darkened to make the focus solely on the bloom.
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Flo Gimmie Some Lovin  44,987 posts Likes: 16 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Nanaimo,B.C. More info | It feels slightly overexposed...this can be fixed in edit, or watching your histogram when cllicking the shutter button you're a great friend, but if Zombies chase us, I am tripping you.
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Lonestarlady61 THREAD STARTER Senior Member 696 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2010 Location: Montana for over 13 years but I'm originally from Houston, Texas. More info | Jan 16, 2011 14:30 | #6 corkneyfonz wrote in post #11651618  Lovely rose, nice and sharp. However, as a consequence the b/g is a little too visible. The rose is a simple mask in photoshop and the background can be darkened to make the focus solely on the bloom. I did some editing in Photoshop Elements 7.0. I darkened the background a little and blurred it a little more too. Does this version look better?  Canon 60D since Dec. 2011, Canon 28-135mm lens, Canon 70-300mm USM lens and Nifty Fifty 50mm 1.8 lens. Just got in a new lens: Tamron 18-270mm ; )
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Flo Gimmie Some Lovin 44,987 posts Likes: 16 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Nanaimo,B.C. More info | Just me, but although the BG is better, the flower looks a tad too sharp now? you're a great friend, but if Zombies chase us, I am tripping you.
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Spike44 Goldmember 2,155 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2007 More info | Jan 16, 2011 22:59 | #8 Nice rose (winter here) and process...I agree with corkneyfonz but would darken the background more but first I would crop more off the bottom leaving about as much space as on the left. Might even try a circular vignette (black)
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Jan 16, 2011 23:11 | #9 Rimmer wrote in post #11651334 OK, I found his older stuff. Rob reorganized his blog a while back and didn't carry everything over: http://www.photodigitary.com/ I think the second page has the articles that I'm recalling: http://www.photodigitary.com/page/2/ Plenty of reading material there. Rob is a great resource for nature photographers. Good info there Keith-EOS R 7D MarkII EOS REBEL T2i 18-55,55-250.85 1/8. 100-400L. 10-22 f/3.5-4.5. 24-105mm f/4L IS,70-200 II,RF 24-105
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Jan 16, 2011 23:14 | #10 Color to me is better in the first one. More life like .I myself am in the learning stages Keith-EOS R 7D MarkII EOS REBEL T2i 18-55,55-250.85 1/8. 100-400L. 10-22 f/3.5-4.5. 24-105mm f/4L IS,70-200 II,RF 24-105
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Lonestarlady61 THREAD STARTER Senior Member 696 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2010 Location: Montana for over 13 years but I'm originally from Houston, Texas. More info | Jan 16, 2011 23:36 | #11 Thanks for all the wonderful CC on this photo. I did blur the background more and darkened it some too but not enough I don't think. I also sharpened it a little bit too much as Flo mentioned. As far as getting down lower for the shot, this garden is filled with flowers in the Summer so that doesn't leave me much room to work with. I was trying to capture the beautiful colors in this bloom is why I shot from above. Everyone here has been wonderful about helping this newcomer learn how to improve my photos. I appreciate the effort so much. Canon 60D since Dec. 2011, Canon 28-135mm lens, Canon 70-300mm USM lens and Nifty Fifty 50mm 1.8 lens. Just got in a new lens: Tamron 18-270mm ; )
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ssmanak Senior Member 439 posts Likes: 7 Joined Jun 2010 Location: Chandigarh, India More info | Jan 17, 2011 00:13 | #12 Just wondering, how would the flower look at say f2.8 or lower apperture. What apperture did you use in above pics. ss.manak
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