February 18, 2008

February 19, 2008 *shapes*

Shapes. I am tryng to experiment and play and around with macro shots for hanging up on my walls. When my daughters and I each received a bouquet for Valentine's I was thrilled with the possibilities for playing. Today's shapes- S's yellow rose (she got 3- she's three!)

Settings: (manual) 1/125, 5, 800 ISO, adjusted curve in ACR. 100mm macro, 5D. I'm not too sure on my PPing, but think I ran defog on this one. Cropped in pping. Used my monopod for stabilization.

Same as above, different crop.

1/40, 5, 500 ISO. In ACR, increased contrast, decreased brightness and tweaked the curve.

1/125, 5.6, 500 ISO. IN ACR: increased brightness, custom curves. I ran a screen light layer on this one, for sure. It's a little too light, but I loved the shape of the petals here. 1/50, 6.3, 500 ISO. Custom curve. Iwas going for moodier, more detail in the petal veins.
All input is greatly appreciated. I know I ran the noise reduction filter in PS on some of my rose pictures, but don't now recall which ones. I think my age is starting to impact my memory... but let's pretend I simply am a busy working mom who can't keep everything together in my mind anymore. But that's a post for another day. : )

Thanks for looking, and for all the feedback yesterday. It was fun to read other people think my kids are cute too!

26 comments:

Jeanette said...

I really like them all. Very tough choice.

Reds said...

Beautiful roses - My faves are the two first ones!

Anonymous said...

Those are beautiful! I love the second and last shot!
Cari

lcp said...

I love yellow roses! My favs are the 1st and 4th. Great composition on the 1st and I love the brightness on the 4th. On my laptop it isn't too bright. :-)

Jessica said...

The depth and color in the 1st two are just awesome. Nice clarity too!!

Margaret said...

Those are beautiful roses. I love the close-ups. Those petals look so velvety. Wonderful!

~~Debb~~ said...

Visually, I like the crop and image of #1, but I really like the tweaking you did on the third image! These will look great on the wall!!

Kari said...

They look really good!

Amy said...

These are beautiful! I love the first one and last one best. On the last one I like the back lighting so you see the details of the petal.

pakosta said...

i like them all!!!
tara

Kelly said...

Very nice, all of them. I am drawn to the first one the most.

summerbl4ck said...

i love macros. i like the brighter ones, especially the petal. great details

Debbi said...

These all look beautiful! I really like the last one - really close in with detail of the petals!

Anonymous said...

That so sweet that you all got roses. I like the crop on the 2nd one.

Becky said...

I like them all, but the last one is my favorite!

Val said...

Really beautiful! I like the 3rd and 4th ones best!

HeyLady said...

These are really pretty! Yellow is the month color challenge too.

pat said...

Sara--these are all so pretty. I love the way you've cropped them. Wonderful layers and petal shapes going on in these. Nice!!!

Jen said...

I love the fullness of the flower... nice job...

Tera Fraley said...

these are so pretty and I think they would make a great series to have framed!! I love the first crop in the first set. Great details and that flower is so pretty!

Shawna said...

These are all beautiful! I really love the 2nd one!

Tori said...

these are really nice! I really like the color in the next to last one... it's just such a bright cheery yellow.

Anonymous said...

These are so beautiful. What a great idea for your walls. I totally cannot wait to see the finished product.

And Ruby I thoroughly conquer...Ruby must have some real abandonment issues. Good observations counselor. (You see, that PSY 100 really did help!) LOL

jewels said...

My favorite photo is that last one, the color is PERFECT for the color challenge this month too! :)

I like the exposure and lighting contrasts in that last one... That cool grey-blue is a great backdrop for the yellow!

Unknown said...

They all are great! It's fun to play with this. One great photo can give you so many different looks.

April said...

oh those are gorgeous..i think i like the 2nd to last best..great shots.