Grey-Headed Coneflower

[rtbaum]

[Nicks Pics]

I'm not sure I would have known not to call that a wilted black-eyed susan Did you do anything special to avoid over-exposing the sky?

[Stagecoach]

Very good Randy, it goes to show that not all flower shots have to include pristine examples.

[rtbaum]

I'm not sure I would have known not to call that a wilted black-eyed susan Did you do anything special to avoid over-exposing the sky?

I may have used a grad, I honestly do not recall, this was taken about a month ago. The flower is actually in its prime in this shot, the out of focus flowers to the left are black eyed susan, also in their prime. The floral palette has changed considerably now. I was on a scouting mission, aka...took the dog for a walk, Asters rule now.

[Kodiak]

I'm not sure I would have known not to call that a wilted black-eyed susan Did you do anything special to avoid over-exposing the sky?

Well observed Nick! Randy says he does not remember… but photographs have
a very well documented memory!

[Nicks Pics]

I often encounter the problem of overexposure in the sky when I attempt flowers. Randy's image looked so nice in that respect. It looked to you like a filter was used?

Well observed Nick! Randy says he does not remember… but photographs have
a very well documented memory!

[Kodiak]

I often encounter the problem of overexposure in the sky when I attempt flowers. Randy's image looked so nice in that respect. It looked to you like a filter was used?

Yes and no… but in both cases, some improvement are needed:
If yes, the graduation was not correctly used and not at the right place,
If no, this would imply PP adjustment that, in its choice, was decent but
not in the application.

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[Marie Hass]

Nick,

I'm not sure I would have known not to call that a wilted black-eyed susan

Some varieties of echinacea do exhibit this petal growth pattern - it is quite normal - and not wilted.

Randy, I like your selective focus. Very nice. I wonder how the image would look if you did not push vibrance/saturation quite so much? I ask this question because on my monitor, the grass beside the coneflower shows more yellow than green. Just thinking.

'Rie

[IzzieK]

If I lack a filter with shooting this flowers, I would have used two exposures, one for the flowers in question and the other for the sky then merge them together. Then there is also the technique of watching the highlight option on your camera to properly expose both images at the same time, if possible. -- at least if shooting raw, there will still be a lot of data to improve the shot in PP. Lots of possibilities. In this case, he may have used a filter, maybe not. Nevertheless, it is a very pretty shot. The composition is great too.

[bnnrcn]

I like the shape and colours of the flowers very much, nice shot