Originally posted by angkymac Brilliant red!
What kind of background did you use? It really sets up the bloom nicely.
Angky.
You may recall what I had reported about the effects of using a long telephoto lens to bring a subject in close. This effect is referred to as "Banding."
Here is a much better, more detailed explanation.
"Banding typically occurs when a color is graduated across a number of shades—like light blue to dark blue in a sky. ... Banding happens when there aren't enough tones available to recreate a seamless gradation; that's why they're most common in 8-bit image files and with image files that have been heavily compressed."
For this image I decided to leave the Banding in as I felt it really contributed a very pleasing background frame. Glad you like it and many thanks for your comment.
Tonytee