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Self Critique
I like the way the background supports the colors in the flowers.
Creative direction
I wanted to suggest a painting that keeps the colors vibrant but not overpowering. Topaz Lab softened the texture of the flowers and stems to eliminate some finer details. I find a plain BG too bland and always turn to my collection of textures for interest as well.
Specific Feedback
General feedback is helpful. I am particularly interested in the aesthetic nature of the study.
Technical Details
Taken with a Sony a7iv, on a tripod. ISO 125, f/22, 6 seconds.
Processed in LR and then PS. I used TK9 filters, then applied a filter from Silver Efex with blending modes to introduce the color back into the scene
Description
This is another in my backyard collection of flowers and leaves.
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Barbara: Wonderful subject and a superb rendering. I applaud your choices. Well conceived, captured and presented. You might also consider posting this kind of image in flora in the future. >=))>
Beautiful job, Barbara. The flowers are obviously very well photographed and your post processing is exceptionally fine. I really like what you did with the background and your treatment of the flowers themselves is very subtle but also extremely effective in giving the image a very painterly look.
Looks like you have achieved your goal, Barbara, and very nicely. Love the painterly feel and your treasure chest of textures is a real plus. Very nicely conceived and executed. I would most definitely make this a wall hanger!
I really like your use of these backgrounds, @Barbara_Djordjevic. As someone in a different thread noted, it’s not typical of nature photography, but I really enjoy seeing these background colors and textures.
They give the image a painterly feel, and also a kind of antique feeling. There is something that feels a little old-fashioned about them, and please know that I don’t mean that in a bad way at all. It’s like it gives the flowers a sense of grace and gravitas. They have been not merely captured or artfully rendered, but “presented with honor,” or something.
What a great project! Each of these is special, and the color choices are perfect. I’m really enjoying perusing them.
Thank you very much, @Marylynne_Diggs, for you thoughts. You so beautifully put into words what I am hoping to do with the presentaation of these plants and flowers. I could never have verbalized it so clearly. I am striving for a timelessness of what nature says to us about our world.
