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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Sunlight on a blossom
...makes me happy, as John Denver more or less said1.
Original photograph
(taken on January 29 with Nikon D60, hand-held)
Thanks, Steve. Isn't it neat how the cutout filter let the sky through significant portions of the petals? Wasn't expecting that. I think that photographing flowers against the sky is one of my favorite picture opportunities.
That appears to be excellent use of fill flash to balance light on blossom and sky: Is that how you took the original photo? Have you tried a backlit, traditional film grain, or paint fresco filter on the photo? You might be able to pull out the best part of the cutout filter effect without, as Ken says, nuking the blossom.
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The original photo is a super one. Good on you.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve. Isn't it neat how the cutout filter let the sky through significant portions of the petals? Wasn't expecting that.
DeleteI think that photographing flowers against the sky is one of my favorite picture opportunities.
The cutout filter pretty much nuked the blossom.
ReplyDeleteKen, you're right; the cutout filter isn't neat, is it? I guess I was temporarily wowed by the effect, maybe its Dali-esqueness.
DeleteThat appears to be excellent use of fill flash to balance light on blossom and sky: Is that how you took the original photo? Have you tried a backlit, traditional film grain, or paint fresco filter on the photo? You might be able to pull out the best part of the cutout filter effect without, as Ken says, nuking the blossom.
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