I agree with Larry that a longer lens would be useful here so the
pebbles and rim on the planter are blurred out if you cant get an angle
where the
-bird- is against a background of only leaves.. I definitely would not
want a"plain black background" - I like the pattern the blossom against
the leaves make..
so the whole frame is considered.. a blossom against a solid
background seldom works for me aesthetically..
The good thing is, that plant is one you see every day Dan, you can go
back to it and work it.. a cloudy day would be useful..
It's pretty as it is, though.
ann
On 2/3/2023 12:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Feb 2, 2023, at 9:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote:
From the garden in our resort condo:
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2023/2/2/bird-of-pa
K-5 IIs, smc DA 35 mm F 2.8 Macro Limited
Comments and criticisms are invited and appreciated.
Lovely flower, I wish that it were better separated from the background.
If I were shooting it, and couldn’t arrange to have a simple black background
behind it, I would try and do some sort of Rembrandt lighting on it, either
with a speed light when there was less background light, or even just some sort
of hot light at night from the side so that the leaves behind the flower were
not illuminated. Possibly doing something fancy to shade the leaves and use a
mirror or reflector to put more sunlight on the flower.
Another thing that might help is to use a longer lens and move back so that
there is a lot less background visible, so that more of the background were
something darker that contrasts more with the flower (like the leaves in shadow
rather than sunlight concrete)
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