On 15 May 2013 05:42, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's my own recent dusk photography result, from our backyard Kanzan > Cherry standard, giving one of its best shows this year: > > http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8722338154/lightbox/ > > I lit this with an AF540FGZ inside a 36" umbrella softbox on a 9-foot > stand that I extended up into the tree. I stood on a ladder and > composed until I got the clouds in behind. I also added a green gel to > the flash and colour-corrected that in Lightroom which caused the sky > and clouds to go pinker to better match the flowers. > > K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ 6.3, 1/160th, ISO 100; Lightroom, Photoshop.
Hi Bruce, That's a pretty impressive shot, the colour combination between the bloom and the sky is just about perfect, I live the composition too. If I could apply the minimal of constructive criticism I would say that the only element of it that distracts me in any way is the apparent brightness of the underside of the leaves. There was obviously little option but I wonder if the shot would benefit from them being dodged a little? Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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.
