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    Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    It is a single blossom on a new branch. Maybe I can grow a new bush?

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    I would use a tad amount of flash for this particular angle or try at another time of day.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    I would use a tad amount of flash for this particular angle or try at another time of day.
    sadly these blossoms only last for 1 day. However, if another one grows...

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by JBW View Post
    sadly these blossoms only last for 1 day. However, if another one grows...
    Reminds me of my tulips attempts and also the importance of really working the scene. I know I am guilty of thinking I've taken the jewel of shots and never really working the camera to its full capabilities.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    Reminds me of my tulips attempts and also the importance of really working the scene. I know I am guilty of thinking I've taken the jewel of shots and never really working the camera to its full capabilities.
    Exactly. I have a long way to go to max out the capabilities in my camera/lens or my software.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by JBW View Post
    Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    It is a single blossom on a new branch. Maybe I can grow a new bush?

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    That is a problem scene, Brian. I like the brighter petals but now the background has some overly bright areas. Maybe I would try to brush in a little bit of highlight reduction around the flower tip. In this particular case I suspect you could use something like a Curves adjustment on a mask to selectively tone down those highlights a little without affecting the midtones in that tip.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Brian - the main issue with this image is that the light falls in the wrong place, behind your subject. Any global brightening is going to affect the lower part of the background far more than the flowers and will end up bring distracting. This shot would look a lot stronger if you could have found a way to light from behind the flower to emphasize the beautiful textures in the blossom itself.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by Manfred M View Post
    Brian - the main issue with this image is that the light falls in the wrong place, behind your subject. Any global brightening is going to affect the lower part of the background far more than the flowers and will end up bring distracting. This shot would look a lot stronger if you could have found a way to light from behind the flower to emphasize the beautiful textures in the blossom itself.
    Manfred, I have no shortage of ego but even I at my most outrageous wouldn't assume that I could move the sun from its prescribed movement.

    Nevertheless you're right the problem is that the sun is hitting the wrong place. I'll be having another pp attempt.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff F View Post
    That is a problem scene, Brian. I like the brighter petals but now the background has some overly bright areas. Maybe I would try to brush in a little bit of highlight reduction around the flower tip. In this particular case I suspect you could use something like a Curves adjustment on a mask to selectively tone down those highlights a little without affecting the midtones in that tip.
    I'll be working on it. This is definitely a pp skill improving shot. It being mid terms where M'Lady teaches means i have lots of time to work on it

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by JBW View Post
    Manfred, I have no shortage of ego but even I at my most outrageous wouldn't assume that I could move the sun from its prescribed movement.

    Nevertheless you're right the problem is that the sun is hitting the wrong place. I'll be having another pp attempt.
    Moving the sun, no, but an aptly placed reflector can do some interesting things with the light.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by Manfred M View Post
    Moving the sun, no, but an aptly placed reflector can do some interesting things with the light.
    true enough but you know i work with minimalist equipment in natural light

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by JBW View Post
    true enough but you know i work with minimalist equipment in natural light
    I agree with the simple, but to paraphrase Albert Einstein; "Things should be as simple as possible; but not simpler".

    Adding a small to medium piece of white cardboard or foam core into your kit when you photograph small things will get you stronger images, without sacrificing simplicity. I'm shooting some things right now and my reflector is a piece I cut out of a mat board that I have left over from some picture framing I just finished a couple of days ago. This is a lot easier and more fool proof than going to flash.

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    Re: Hibiscus Mutation: From double blossomed salmon pink to single blossomed dark red

    Quote Originally Posted by Manfred M View Post
    I agree with the simple, but to paraphrase Albert Einstein; "Things should be as simple as possible; but not simpler".

    Adding a small to medium piece of white cardboard or foam core into your kit when you photograph small things will get you stronger images, without sacrificing simplicity. I'm shooting some things right now and my reflector is a piece I cut out of a mat board that I have left over from some picture framing I just finished a couple of days ago. This is a lot easier and more fool proof than going to flash.
    I'll look into it

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