The challenge to fill the frame gave me an excuse to pull out the close-up filter I have that fits onto my 50mm lens. That and a little editing gave me this photo:
ISO 2500 50mm f/11 1/100sec
The original photo is below so that you can see that I saturated the color, and applied a vignette to darken the edges. What I was wanting to do with these edits was really make the flowers pop and the background fade away. I was happy with this version so I added it to my Picfair portfolio.
ISO 2500 50mm f/11 1/100sec
What do you think of my edits? Are you ready for Spring? feel free to comment below.
Cheers!
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Your processing really did help this photo along — the flowers pop.
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Thank you Jim, I don’t often look to saturation as an editing technique, but in this case I think it worked.
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Nice pic
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Thanks!
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I could live in a 12 month eternal spring. 🙂
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Is that because of your love of gardening? I always think of spring as the “start” of the year for a gardener, but maybe you see it differently?
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Yes, I love gardening. Spring provides so much hope for new life and new gardening adventures. Eventually summer gets pretty hot and what was fun in spring becomes a job that needs to be done. All mental I suppose. 🙂
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I love Spring and the newness it brings too.
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My 50 mm is my favorite lens!
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I think, if I could only have one, it would be the one I would chose.
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So rich in color Amy. Perhaps it’s this frigid white winter but it looks especially appealing to me.
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For me, it is not the white of winter but the grey of winter 🙂 that makes me long for the color of spring.
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Ohhh… I love the edited one. You’ve done it nicely! The flowers are more visible!
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I often just leave flowers as is, but I think the edits worked here, thanks 🙂
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I like the edited version better. I agree that with the darkened background the flowers pop with color. Thanks for sharing both versions. I enjoy hearing/seeing the process.
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Thank you for your thoughts on this, also I’m glad you enjoyed reading how I approached the edit.
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Oh! Love this! and I really enjoy the explanation. It reminded me to take the opportunity to “fill the frame” or to get up close with my writing, in some way, also. 🙂
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Thank you, in this case, I think the edits really helped make the flowers fill the frame even more. Working with a magnifying lens brings its own set of challenges. Light, in particular, can be harder to handle, and focus can be tough, it’s quite a bit different than a standard landscape shot.
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So interesting! I had no idea. 🙂
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Yes, definitely one of those things where you end up having to think about how you are going to get the exposure that you want.
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I took a lead out of your book w my garden photos, dusted off my digital SLR (had to charge the battery) and went out fir photos. I tried the iPhone camera first and then a on Canon point and shoot camera, but they didn’t give me the close up or the depth of field I was hoping for. Thought of you when I zoomed in on the one tiny salal plant!
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Right, it’s not always easy to get the photo you think you are going to get, even with all our modern cameras that are pretty smart and can figure out quite a bit.
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Yes, absolutely!
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