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Water Lilly - you decide...

Postby ChaPPy on Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:01 pm

Hi

This is a water lilly I took the weekend...standard kit lens (Wish I had a macro lens). The lightning was pretty good....I think.

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Postby kipper on Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:06 pm

Nice dude, nice!
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Postby boxerboy on Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:14 pm

That kit lens ain't half bad, is it.

Very nice clear shot, what PP have you done?
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Postby the foto fanatic on Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:16 pm

Lovely soft colours.

This is not a criticism, but how is the histogram? Anything wide to the right?

Well done?
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Postby kipper on Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:16 pm

The only critisism, something I've just noticed is that the right petal is right on the edge of the image.
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Postby mic on Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:17 pm

Wow :shock:

Crisp ! Crisp !

Hand Held ? , Tripod ? , What Settings ?

Looks great.

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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:19 pm

The centre is stunning - sharp and brilliant colour. The only thing that worries me about the image is the amount of blue in the petals :!:
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Postby flipfrog on Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:45 am

thats a keeper!
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Postby Nicole on Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:20 am

Excellent shot with the kit lens. Not sure but could look better as a landscape shot. Maybe that rogue petal at the bottom prevents that. :)
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Postby Matt. K on Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:19 am

Great shot! A couple of things that may improve it...crop in a bit tighter and blur and darken the background. (That should test your selection skills). Then get it framed and hang it on a wall.
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Postby Oneputt on Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:43 am

One of the best water lily shots that I have seen. :D
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Postby stubbsy on Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:04 am

You should be a HaPPy ChaPPy with this one (sorry, couldn't resist :lol: )

The detail is fantastic. I too would like to know tripod or hand held. Shows just how great the kit lens is. I agree with Matt K - I'd crop it to make the flower itself the image and discard the stem.
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Postby xerubus on Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:59 am

i can't and won't fault this... great shot....

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Postby MHD on Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:20 am

I cant fault it either... well done!

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Postby Marty on Fri Mar 04, 2005 10:41 am

Stunning photo.
Great colours and clarity from the lens.
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Postby Catcha on Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:52 pm

Great photo, the colours really shine in that picture
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Thanks..

Postby ChaPPy on Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:57 pm

Hi,

Thanks for the nice comments...Some answers to your questions:

boxerboy: PP included a crop (obviously a bit to much on the right),levels and normal sharpening of the lightness layer. No much really.

cricketfan: Yep, histogram is a little wide to the right..

kipper: You are right, I cropped it a bit much on the right. Was tired and decided to put it on the web at the last minute... :oops:

mic: It was just handheld (I know, one should use a tripod always)
F4.5 & 1/1250 shutter and use Aperture Priority mode.

sirhc55: This Water Lilly actually is this blue-ish and the D70 got it spot on...

Nicole: Not easy to decide to do it portrait or landscape..went with portrait this time but....


* Now this is just the first of a few I took and the best is still to come! Stay tuned. :D
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Postby sirhc55 on Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:04 pm

Thanks for the reply ChaPPy - BTW you don’t always have to use a tripod and I believe your shot proves this :)
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Postby Mj on Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:15 pm

As per Chris.... at 1/1250 no need for a tripod.
Already said... just recrop, print and hang !!!
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Postby ChaPPy on Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:25 pm

True Mj but I like to use it as much as possible....just to make sure it's as sharp as possible.

I'm working on one from the same shoot to print A3 on my Canon i9950. Can't wait!
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Re: Thanks..

Postby the foto fanatic on Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:31 pm

ChaPPy wrote:
cricketfan: Yep, histogram is a little wide to the right..



As I said, not a criticism of your pic, which I like very much, but really a question trying to understand what it would have looked like, bearing in mind those very light coloured leaves.

I have just read this article, and it piqued my interest:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml

Thanx ChaPPy
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