Unchartered Territory

Unchartered Territory · 09:26 AM

I usually never take pictures of flowers, but I had a go at one today. I had to hold an umbrella and a camera at the same time as it was still raining. That didn't work. I tried with a flash, bounced off of the umbrella and direct. That didn't work. Then I tried with a tripod and that did work. PP is some changing of the channels to get the red to pop more (the leafs were very, very green), plus additional B/W conversion and soft focus on the second on.

C&C much appreciated!

K100D Super
K 55m 1.8
f9.5
1/20
ISO 200

timbo13 · 06-07-2009, 09:46 AM

nice rose! I like the color better than the B&W, there are some bright spots in the B&W in the upper left part of the image that I find very distracting, plus the rose is very close in tone to the leaves. In the color shot, the rose is very distinct because of the lovely red color. I might have not altered the green quite as much, it looks not quite right on my monitor, but maybe that's the color rose leaves are where you live

kevinschoenmakers · 06-07-2009, 09:51 AM

Originally posted by timbo13

nice rose! I like the color better than the B&W, there are some bright spots in the B&W in the upper left part of the image that I find very distracting, plus the rose is very close in tone to the leaves. In the color shot, the rose is very distinct because of the lovely red color. I might have not altered the green quite as much, it looks not quite right on my monitor, but maybe that's the color rose leaves are where you live

In the original the leaves were as green as green gets, and I felt they were competing for attention with the rose. Link.

Thanks for your comments!

**Sailor** · 06-07-2009, 12:12 PM

I really like the color version, Kevin - isolating the rose is very cool in my view.

Jer

maxwell1295 · 06-07-2009, 01:24 PM

Very sharp image. A little less DOF would make the rose stand out even more.

kevinschoenmakers · 06-07-2009, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by Sailor

I really like the color version, Kevin - isolating the rose is very cool in my view.

Jer

Thanks Jer!

Originally posted by maxwell1295

Very sharp image. A little less DOF would make the rose stand out even more.

You're very right. I didn't really get the snarpness I wanted with bigger apertures but that was before I got the tripod into the game. Maybe I'll give it another go sometime, at sunrise/down with some nice orange light or some such.

PS: The picture of the guy trying to get a cab on your website is brilliant. I find getting both motion and sharpness into the same picture is very tough, and you pulled it off perfectly.

Zeno · 06-07-2009, 02:40 PM

Colored image is very nice. On the BW version rose is dissapearing and losing visibility.

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06-07-2009, 09:46 AM	#2
timbo13 Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Northboro MA, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,007	nice rose! I like the color better than the B&W, there are some bright spots in the B&W in the upper left part of the image that I find very distracting, plus the rose is very close in tone to the leaves. In the color shot, the rose is very distinct because of the lovely red color. I might have not altered the green quite as much, it looks not quite right on my monitor, but maybe that's the color rose leaves are where you live

06-07-2009, 09:51 AM	#3
kevinschoenmakers Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shanghai Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,509 Original Poster	Originally posted by timbo13 nice rose! I like the color better than the B&W, there are some bright spots in the B&W in the upper left part of the image that I find very distracting, plus the rose is very close in tone to the leaves. In the color shot, the rose is very distinct because of the lovely red color. I might have not altered the green quite as much, it looks not quite right on my monitor, but maybe that's the color rose leaves are where you live In the original the leaves were as green as green gets, and I felt they were competing for attention with the rose. Link. Thanks for your comments!

06-07-2009, 12:12 PM	#4
Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,205	I really like the color version, Kevin - isolating the rose is very cool in my view. Jer

06-07-2009, 01:24 PM	#5
maxwell1295 Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Long Island, New York Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,703	Very sharp image. A little less DOF would make the rose stand out even more.

06-07-2009, 01:50 PM	#6
kevinschoenmakers Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shanghai Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,509 Original Poster	Originally posted by Sailor I really like the color version, Kevin - isolating the rose is very cool in my view. Jer Thanks Jer! Originally posted by maxwell1295 Very sharp image. A little less DOF would make the rose stand out even more. You're very right. I didn't really get the snarpness I wanted with bigger apertures but that was before I got the tripod into the game. Maybe I'll give it another go sometime, at sunrise/down with some nice orange light or some such. PS: The picture of the guy trying to get a cab on your website is brilliant. I find getting both motion and sharpness into the same picture is very tough, and you pulled it off perfectly.

06-07-2009, 02:40 PM	#7
Zeno Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Croatia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 146	Colored image is very nice. On the BW version rose is dissapearing and losing visibility.

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