Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-06 Thread Ken Waller
Actually, a black cloth would be better for macros. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Igor Roshchin" To: Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 1:18 PM Subject: Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works? Bob, Sorry, but I

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Igor, Yes, I mean a simple dropcloth. Mine is green with some red and blue highlights. I saw Charles Brazwell use one with some small print pattern on it, just out of focus. Regards, Bob S., On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Bob, > > Sorry, but I was not at GFM. > Do you

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-06 Thread Igor Roshchin
Bob, Sorry, but I was not at GFM. Do you mean the technique that is frequently used by TV/movie and funny-photo outlets people when they remove the green background, replacing it with some other background? In any case, - I am afraid that in this situation it would be hard to make it working: t

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Igor, I have a green cloth in my camera bag, just to simplify backgrounds. (GFM presenter's suggestion) Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Jostein, Boris, Bob, Joseph, Ken and Larry, > - thank you all for your comments. > > Don't worry - I don't mind the bru

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-06 Thread Igor Roshchin
Jostein, Boris, Bob, Joseph, Ken and Larry, - thank you all for your comments. Don't worry - I don't mind the brutal constructive ones. Boris wrote: > The > way you chose to frame the droplets is so that there is no sense of > dropping down. So all of them are more like statement of the fact >

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Larry Colen
http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077-2.jpg Is my favorite. One of my current kicks is to get the object of interest out of the center of the photo. This one has the droplet in the lower right third, and the petals, stems and leaves form a frame that keeps drawing my eye around to

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Ken Waller
None of the two batches work for me ;+{ You've included too much distracting background, although the second batch is somewhat better in this regard. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "Igor Roshchin" Subject: PESO - water drop

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Joseph McAllister
Either of these two appeal to me more than the rest, because the water droplet is the center of attention, and has a better image contained therein. On Jun 2, 2009, at 23:22 , Igor Roshchin wrote: http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7084.jpg http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Igor, I like the 5th shotof the 1st batch the best. There seems to be a bit of extra sharpness to the flower. Having the drop in sharp focus is great, but I need more of the flower itself in sharp focus. Also, the white highlights are a bit distracting. Can you simplify the background? Regards, Bob

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread Boris Liberman
Igor, among the first pack none works for me. I'll explain why. The way you chose to frame the droplets is so that there is no sense of dropping down. So all of them are more like statement of the fact without much additional merit. >From the second pack the last one is most interesting. Mainly du

Re: PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-03 Thread AlunFoto
2009/6/3 Igor Roshchin : In all your shots, I'm a bit bothered about the specular highlights. Flash? > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077.jpg I think this one conveys the droplet pretty well. The arched highlight at the top defines the droplet very nicely, and the lensing eff

PESO - water droplet in abstract flower - What works?

2009-06-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, Your opinion is needed: which of these shots work for you, and which don't, and (if possible) - why. http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077.jpg http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077-2.jpg http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077-3.jpg http: