Little Costco flower!

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I got this as part of a bouquet from Costco, along with my food delivery.

I shot on a tripod with a cable release, nikon D850 105 mm at f36, ISO 400, 1.6 second. The ISO was a mistake! This was shot with skylight light (diffused) and window light (one diffused, one not) and a reflector. The background was the gray wall of my office. I did not care for the gray and decided to swap colors. Tried white, which I did not care for and finally went with black.

Happy Easter everyone! Its different but still it is Easter.

Any comments are fair game. Replace color in PS was a new one for me. I never did quite figure it out but used the selection tool and the exposure slider to convert. That was not perfect so I had to do a little touch up.

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Elegant and beautiful, Kathy. No suggestions here.

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Great job. Thanks for sharing.

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Very elegant indeed, Kathy. Love the shape of the flower. The black BG really makes it show off.

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Hi Kathy, Beautiful shot, I could watch this rendition all day. The black bg is perfect because there is no confusion between the subject and background.
Wayne

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Terrific!!! I too love the bg. Just enjoyable to look at. larry

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Exquisite! The graceful curves are beautiful, and the composition and colors just great!

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Hi Kathy,

Black BG looks perfect. My guess your next delivery will include a 3 by 3 foot piece of black velvet. Awesome shot…Jim

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What? You received a flower? (and a beautiful one which you made more beautiful with your spot on image).

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Hi Kathy! This is a beautiful image! The black background works great and you did an excellent job with the “little touch up.” Your lighting and comp are also excellent. Nice work!

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Kathy: Wonderful image well worth the effort. Thanks also for giving such a detailed description of your set up and process. It also looks like you did a little work with a spray bottle. The small drops are icing on a very fine cake. Bravo! :+1: :+1:>=))>

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Hi Jim.
Thank you! As to the origin of the flower, I discovered that you can order bouquets through Costco delivery. You have no control over what flower arrangement you get though and I think my particular delivery person did not treat the flowers with the same loving care that I would have . Irrespective, I got flowers and kudos to anyone willing to take on deliveries in this environment. I plan to do it again when I need stuff from Costco and I am lucky enough to score a delivery window.

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Just a beauty Kathy. The luminosity and the low contrast made a pictorial look and pastel colors. Plenty of details made clear and enjoyable by the moderate color saturation. Excellent the compositional design too. Splendid image and work.

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Sleek and captivating curves of the stem and leaf enhance the beautiful bloom. The black background works well in this instance. Lovely image!

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A beautifully framed flower, Kathy - the dynamic flow of the stem and leaf especially energise all the negative space perfectly.

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This dancing flower has so much spirit! I love the pose most of all, then the details and presentation on the black background. Excellent!

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