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Post by jeeperman on Mar 16, 2012 3:21:55 GMT
For me anyway. This experiment gave me a huge headache so I may be slow to get back and respond. These are a plant I am told are called Silver Dollars. The are paper this and see through.....that is until you hit them with a little light and they become reflectors. One is lit from the bottom and side with a white-ish light and the other hit from behind to the side with one colored light. Your thoughts?
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Post by The Wirefox on Mar 16, 2012 15:30:07 GMT
Paul, I really like the lighting on the first. Very subtle and the gold colour really shines. I find the second one a bit more brash and stark. Nevertheless they are both very well done.
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Post by Barry on Mar 16, 2012 16:04:30 GMT
For me I prefer the first one as the lighting is so much warmer, but prefer the darker background on the second shot. Composition works well having three main stems, good detail and sharp in those leaves.
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Post by jeeperman on Mar 16, 2012 22:30:02 GMT
Thank you Steve and Barry. Barry does this edit address the background color in a positive direction for you? I desaturated the background and kept the rest as it was.
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Post by chrisc on Mar 16, 2012 23:01:37 GMT
There you go...I was just about to suggest exactly the same thing...I liked it okay, but love it now.
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Post by jeeperman on Mar 16, 2012 23:22:16 GMT
Thanks Chris, I did not have a large enough black background and made due with cardboard. Even though careful not to light it, it was still a light brown backdrop. This really makes the color and light pop I think.
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Post by Stevewebb on Mar 17, 2012 8:59:03 GMT
The edit is much better. There are a couple of light areas that could do with cloning though, top and center RHS. Very nice
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Post by katynoelle on Mar 17, 2012 11:57:39 GMT
Hi, Paul! I like the first one of these best, too, but agree with the advice about the background - including Steve's thoughts about cloning. The interesting thing about these is, my mother always had a dried bouquet of these on her dressing table and, now, so do I. I know that they, in truth, have a shiny surface but I do always think of them as sheer and flat and papery. I wonder if there's a way to light them to bring that aspect out of them. and, Paul, I thought of you, yesterday, when I was four wheeling on the muddy roads. Mud flying everywhere - you would have been proud of me.
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Post by jeeperman on Mar 17, 2012 12:59:20 GMT
Thanks Steve I completely forgot to clone those, deffrcts in the backdrop itself. Thanks Katy and right on! Always a good time to get out in the mud! So if you were out there.....I know there had to be some good scenes, were you in a position to be able to stop and shoot some? Also, if you have a bouquet of these....I would love to see what you do with them. Good project I think!
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Post by Barry on Mar 17, 2012 18:37:38 GMT
Paul, your edited version is much better. Nice warm colours and no background distraction.
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Post by nickjohnson on Mar 17, 2012 20:12:03 GMT
Paul, your edited version is much better. Nice warm colours and no background distraction. +1 from me.
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Post by Antonio Correia on Mar 17, 2012 23:02:39 GMT
Paul, your edited version is much better. Nice warm colours and no background distraction. +1 from me. Sure is
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Post by chrisc on Mar 17, 2012 23:39:14 GMT
I took your desaturation a step further and did a "Replace Color" adjustment bringing the background to a much deeper black.
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Post by chrisc on Mar 17, 2012 23:48:33 GMT
And B&W though with a slight selenium tone...
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Post by jeeperman on Mar 18, 2012 0:21:28 GMT
Chris, your first one is not available. I too had some fun playing with this one but in the end I like my final edit best. =} Thanks everyone, I might just have to try some more of these.
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