Helpful Posts: A couple of petals fell off the tulips that I posted on the current mini competition. I placed them on a piece of melamine and used my large bay window as a huge softbox to light them. This is the resulting shot:
I was trying to use the texture of the white melamine as a contrast to the veil like texture of the petals.
As always C & C will be welcomed.
André
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8th February 2017, 01:17 AM #1
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8th February 2017, 06:34 AM #2
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The petals certainly have a lovely feathery look to them and are nicely displayed with just that hint of texture from the pure white melamine.
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8th February 2017, 07:43 AM #3
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Such a gorgeous, simple photo. Fabulously soft light. I don't think the texture in the tabletop would work if the light wasn't so soft. Great job of maintaining obvious separation between the white part of the subjects and the white tabletop.
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8th February 2017, 01:18 PM #4
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Marvelous
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8th February 2017, 01:47 PM #5
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you succeed very well André, very sweet.
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8th February 2017, 02:30 PM #6
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Very nice. You have the gift of "seeing"!
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8th February 2017, 02:46 PM #7
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A great shot. I think that the stamen and the pollen are what give it that extra something.
John
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8th February 2017, 02:55 PM #8
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Simply lovely.
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8th February 2017, 04:41 PM #9
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Lovely
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9th February 2017, 01:27 AM #10
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Thank you all for your kind comments.
However, some of the credit for this photo has to go to Mike Buckley who greatly inspired me to try this style of photography with his mastery of the light and who recommended the book; "Light: Science & Magic" that gave me the knowledge to take advantage of my bay window as a giant softbox. All I really had to do was to move my petals away from the window until I got the soft shadows that I was looking for.
André
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9th February 2017, 03:00 AM #11
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Why not all of the credit?!
Originally Posted by Round Tuit
Seriously, so glad you've apparently gotten as much out of Light: Science & Magic as I have.
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9th February 2017, 10:49 AM #12
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Beautiful...but tulips in winter? just curious...must be store-bought one?
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9th February 2017, 06:26 PM #13
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I thought that I could take some credit for reading the book Originally Posted by Mike Buckley
Why not all of the credit?!.
I have the feeling that this book will get read several more times. Thanks for recommending it.
André
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9th February 2017, 06:33 PM #14
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Hi Izzie, Originally Posted by IzzieK
Nice to have you back.
The tulip won't be coming out of the ground before late April or early May.
Every once in a while, I buy cut flowers for my wife. That has helped us stay together for nearly 48 years. As a bonus I get to photograph them
André
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10th February 2017, 09:48 AM #15
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How sweet...48 years! Well, congratulations for staying together for that long. Time flies when you're having fun...really... Originally Posted by Round Tuit
Hi Izzie,
Nice to have you back.
The tulip won't be coming out of the ground before late April or early May.
Every once in a while, I buy cut flowers for my wife. That has helped us stay together for nearly 48 years. As a bonus I get to photograph them
André
Anyway, I take back what I said. I passed by the supermarket yesterday and saw a truckload of tulips being delivered, most of them budding...I have tulips in my garden. They are beautiful but I have never seen the ones growing on the side of the house as the deers love eating them. My backyard has a tulip area.
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