Revised Version
Revision 1 (latest)
What changed: - raised luminosity and painted lighter green in the darker area below left flower -also softly painted over the stems and leaves for softer look - cropped ever so slightly - dropped luminosity and saturation in the ghosted flower - mitigated the reddish area Dennis pointed out - dodged the darkest tip of the lower petal on the left flower - removed light/white-ish streak twirling towards the right edge
Added after receiving feedback from the community.
Original Version
Weekly Challenge
The photographer is looking for thoughtful feedback on the image as a whole, especially around the areas noted below.
About This Image
“Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowin’ though the jasmine in my mind
~Seals & Croft”
Ok, so it’s not Jasmine - at least I don’t think so. But I gotta say that this is my very first time entering the Weekly Challenge, where after learning the challenge for this week, that I actually sat down and attempted to create something for the Challenge.
Yeah, sitting on the back patio like I’ve been doing watching and photographing the birds. But guess what, the birds aren’t always active and I also try and get creative with flowers, yard art, whatever.
I was playing around with not only ICM, but multiple exposures, camera-zoom, whatever I could remember out of my memory toolbox. And as it often works, once a technique produces something that excites, well, you try, try again. This is unlike anything I’ve attempted before and I’m quite tickled that I think it worked.
This involved a 2-image in camera multiple exposure. The first image in camera is what the metadata below is; faster shutter speed to help freeze the flower (yes, there was a breeze blowing too.) The second image, I stopped way down and got about a 1 sec exposure where I “zoomed” the camera (not the lens) - a technique I want to thank and give credit to, @Huw_Thomas who first posted and described his technique! Thank you Huw! I used the “Light” blending mode in the camera settings for the multiple exposure. Plenty of techniques employed here too with some Orton applied at the end. Copious amount of dodging, burning, blurring… This was almost a project!
Feedback Requested
As always, your comments and feedback are always welcome.
I’m really curious if you think this image fits the theme. I suppose it fits at least one of the descriptors!
Always would like to hear feedback on colors, sat, luminosity and processing in general.
I’m also interested in your impression of how the twirling zoom, combined with the straight image works together as a technique?
Technical Details
Camera: NIKON Z 8
Lens: TAMRON 150-500mm F/5-6.7 Di III VC VXD A057Z
Focal length: 500mm
Shutter speed: 1/250s
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 1000
