A very interesting plant, Peter. Nicely detailed shot. Is that a perennial where you live? It sure wouldn't survive in southern Ontario!
It really needs more contrast to separate it from the background. It's unfortunate that the stones seem to be about the same tonal value as the plant's leaves. I bet you could get more definition by applying stronger and more diffuse light (like from a shoot-through umbrella) off to one side. I also think you could afford to give it more sharpening and local contrast. On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Peter McIntosh <peter...@gmail.com> wrote: > Geez... another one from me! :-) > > Apparently the only succulent in our back garden that I like is a > black rose, also known as Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkop' according to > this link - > http://www.finegardening.com/plantguide/aeonium-arboreum-zwartkop-black-rose.aspx > > I've never seen black flowers before, so I thought I'd combine my > desire to get back into some raw shooting with trying to capture this > plant. There's some fill flash in here - both the K5 built-in and the > FGZ-360 diffused fired wirelessly, on the side somewhere. It's no > compositional masterpiece (that wasn't the aim), but I'm pleased > enough with it,and will welcome comments, etc. > > http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/148513116 > > K5 with SMC-A 50mm f/2.0, tripod, flash as per above, converted in PWP > Pro 6.0.10. > > Regards, > > Pete Mac in Melbourne > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
