Wildflower study

[zarozinia]

I wanted to try to produce a set of images around one flower that were a little different, I do enjoy using a very shallo depth of field for floral images too. But I would really like to know what others think of this set.

Only adjustments in photoshop shop were slight levels tweaking, a tiny hint of selective sharpening and a couple of dust spots cloned out.
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[Bagger]

Pretty cool.
1 & 4 for me

 

[Kiasmum]

Very nicely done The shallow dof really works with these...

They do look a little dark on my screen though apart from the last one :shrug:

 

[animal168]

i think its a very good idea and well executed. I love this sort of stuff,Lady Pitstop does some excellent examples. I only wish I had the time to do it
As for a 16 stone fella rolling around in the daisies on my estate.....

 

[zarozinia]

i think its a very good idea and well executed. I love this sort of stuff,Lady Pitstop does some excellent examples. I only wish I had the time to do it
As for a 16 stone fella rolling around in the daisies on my estate.....

Well Im 41, 14.5 stone with purple hair so hows that for a wierd person rolling around in fields! Yeah, lady pitstops stuff is fabulous I must agree.

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Not sure about these, I think maybe they do need a bit more DOF and I know what you are trying to achieve with going shallow. Have you tried soft focus instead of shallow?

 

[zarozinia]

Nope never tried it Alby, how do I go about that?

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Simple, just shoot through a stocking or some other fine material, pull it tight across the lens and away you go adding layers to get the best effect and the good thing is it doesn't cost either Give it a go.
Or you can just add a blur layer in photoshop of course.

 

[DaiTheDragon]

I like these, very artistic.

Dai

 

[zarozinia]

Simple, just shoot through a stocking or some other fine material, pull it tight across the lens and away you go adding layers to get the best effect and the good thing is it doesn't cost either Give it a go.
Or you can just add a blur layer in photoshop of course.

Thanks I will certainly give it a try, maybe this coming week whilst the weather is a bit naff.