a flower from a nursery

Posted by Lisa Gimber on Sun Jan 02, 2005 4:59 am

All times are UTC-05:00

0 people like this post

| 11 posts |

Page 1 of 1

This was shot last May. With shakey hands. I sharpened it in PS7. That's as close as I could get.

Lisa

Olympus OM2000 35-70mm f3.5 lens, fujifilm X-TRA iso 400, close-up filter set

Posted by:
Lisa Gimber
Forum Contributor

Location: Shreveport, LA
Posts: 8075
Joined: 3 Sep 2004

by MikeBinOK on Sun Jan 02, 2005 1:34 pm

MikeBinOK
Lifetime Member

Posts: 3341
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Oklahoma City, OKlahoma
Member #:00254

View portfolio

Hi Lisa!

Lovely colors here. Was tripod just not an option?

Mike B. in OKlahoma
Oklahoma City, OK

***************************************************************************
"I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul....My mandate includes weird bugs."
--Calvin

0 people like this post

by Steve Sage on Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:19 pm

Steve Sage
Lifetime Member

Posts: 2859
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Mid Michigan
Member #:00058

View portfolio
Visit website

I might crop a bit from the left and top . I like the drops but they are a little close to the edge of the frame. This would be some kind of hibiscus I assume but has unusual colors. Keep them coming!

Steve Sage
Michigan
http://www.sageimages.com

0 people like this post

by Fabs Forns on Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:21 pm

Fabs Forns
Lifetime Member

Posts: 17752
Joined: 22 Jun 2004
Location: Coral Gables, Fl
Member #:00393

View portfolio
Visit website

Beautiful center, I agree on the crop, or maybe going totally vertical? It doesn't seem to have camera shake to me

0 people like this post

by Tom Whelan on Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:06 pm

Tom Whelan
Moderator

Posts: 30154
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Lexington, MA
Member #:00293

View portfolio

Nice exposure and cool colors. It would have been nice if the drops had been up a bit in the frame, with the camera positioned to put the pistil out of center - basically what Steve's crop suggestion does.

Tom

http://www.whelanphoto.com Portraits and Abstracts (web site)
http://tomwhelan.wordpress.com/ Nature Diary (blog)

0 people like this post

by Lisa Gimber on Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:40 pm

Lisa Gimber
Forum Contributor

Posts: 8075
Joined: 3 Sep 2004
Location: Shreveport, LA

Thank y'all. I don't know what got into me when I uploaded this one.

It's way overexposed.

Mike B., I didn't have my tripod with me.

Lisa

Reposts are very welcome.

0 people like this post

by nzmacro on Sun Jan 02, 2005 11:32 pm

nzmacro
Forum Contributor

Posts: 2380
Joined: 14 May 2004
Location: New Zealand

Nice shot Lisa with brilliant colours. I would cheat here and use the lasso tool at a very wide feather and go around the darker eadges......not too close and then lighten just that part up. Not too much though because it doesn't need too much. Excellent ratio and getting right in there. Most people don't need or want closer than this so don't think you need to. The drops add so much to this and the fine perspective and details. I'm not a cropper so can't help there. BTW, the PO. opens on Wednesday our time :roll: , lazy people LOL.

All the best waaaaay up north, keep them coming, looking good

Danny.

Nature is the master, we are just mere clickers in time.

0 people like this post

by Michael Brown on Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:27 am

Michael Brown
Forum Contributor

Posts: 8196
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Cayce, South Carolina

Visit website

Very nice Lisa, and I agree with some of the suggestions already mentioned.
A question:
Did you increase the size of this before uploading?
Are you shooting with the settings in your camera at RAW, Large JPG, Medium JPG, etc.?

Meant to ask you that question with the last e-mail you sent me, and, ............... "my bad!"
Just noticed I have not answered it yet, but could get to my question about it with this one also.

Mike

[b]Michael Brown
NSN 0056[/b]

[url=http://www.macroartinnature.com/]"Macro Art In Nature" - Website[/url]

0 people like this post

by Lisa Gimber on Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:11 am

Lisa Gimber
Forum Contributor

Posts: 8075
Joined: 3 Sep 2004
Location: Shreveport, LA

Thanks, Danny. I'll give it another try!

Mike, this picture was taken with my Olympus film camera. I get the film developed onto CDs that have a 1536 x 1037 pixel size. There was a blue outline caused from the CD program. I cut that out resized it to 600.

Lisa

Reposts are very welcome.

0 people like this post

by Michael Brown on Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:08 am

Michael Brown
Forum Contributor

Posts: 8196
Joined: 21 Aug 2003
Location: Cayce, South Carolina

Visit website

Whoops!

Did not notice the "fuji film" in your description.

Just from looking at the larger bubble near the bottom right, it looked almost as if the pixels were breaking apart but I see that is not the case now, and probably caused by the depth chosen and the way that the light is hitting it.

Thanks for the info Lisa, .......... and still a nice shot!

[b]Michael Brown
NSN 0056[/b]

[url=http://www.macroartinnature.com/]"Macro Art In Nature" - Website[/url]

0 people like this post

by Wil Hershberger on Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:56 pm

Wil Hershberger
Forum Contributor

Posts: 7577
Joined: 19 Aug 2003
Location: Eastern WV

Visit website

Wonderful colors and I agree with the crop suggestion.
Thanks for posting,

[url=http://www.cricketman.blogspot.com][b]Wil Hershberger[/b][/url] | [b]NSN0025[/b]
[url=http://www.natureimagesandsounds.com/workshops/index.html][b]Nature Images and Sounds Nature Photography Workshops[/b][/url]

0 people like this post