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Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby ozimax on Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:42 pm

SOOC jpeg from my XT-1/56mm. Flowers straight from the garden this morning. Stuck in a vase. Colourful. Naturally diffused window light.

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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby gstark on Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:44 am

Love the lighting. Crop this square, though, I suspect.
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby biggerry on Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:55 am

:agree:
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No amount of processing will fix bad composition - trust me i have tried.
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby aim54x on Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:40 am

Yes :agree: , getting rid of some of the RHS will help
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby zafra52 on Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:24 pm

Square with a vignette.
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby ozimax on Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:29 pm

Here she be, almost a square as I couldn't quite get all the flower into a square.

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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby zafra52 on Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:24 pm

A big improvement, in my view.
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby Matt. K on Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:43 pm

Would be better in B&W. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby aim54x on Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:52 am

Matt. K wrote:Would be better in B&W. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:


Stop trolling!! it looks great in colour...I'm not sure about the vignette though.
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby zafra52 on Wed Sep 10, 2014 4:23 pm

B&W would take away from the picture. I feel the triangular composition and contrasting colours is what makes the picture. Personally, I like a bit of vignetting because it draws the eyes towards the colours, but for some reason there is a bit of blur in this second picture that it is not present not in the first picture.
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby ozimax on Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:32 pm

zafra52 wrote:B&W would take away from the picture. I feel the triangular composition and contrasting colours is what makes the picture. Personally, I like a bit of vignetting because it draws the eyes towards the colours, but for some reason there is a bit of blur in this second picture that it is not present not in the first picture.


True. I used a Rad vignette and it's not great. Laziness.
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Re: Kaleidoscope of colour

Postby gstark on Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:41 am

We need to understand and remember that it's the light that makes this image so nice.

Cropping has helped the eyes to focus on the subject matter, and the vignetting moreso.

But the lighting is beautiful and soft, and just helps the colours leap out of the photo.
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