I was working on another grunge flower but decided I liked the color too much to go to the toned B&W.
Author: DorothyPhoto
WaterLily and Clover
Another is the “grungy” flower series. This the same waterlily shot sandwiched with the small waterfall surrounded by clover. This little waterfall is one of my favorite ilttle spots at the Berkeley Botanical gardens.
Peruvian Lily
Since I did not feel up to going out, sent Chip to the store for a bouquet. The colors came out of the camera extremely vibrant. I did not boost saturation.
WaterLily and Maple
I decided that I liked the ‘grungy’ waterlilies so I made another one tonite. This is a waterlily shot that did not make the cut to post but worked with the struggling maple tree shot from Golden Gate park.
I found Carl Root’s photography on Photo.net. I really like his work particularly the rhythms portfolio. You can view the work here.
Golden Gate Park #2
Another grab shot from Golden Gate park. If I had had more time, I would have waited for pedestrians dressed in something besides white. I had to do a lot of burning to hold back their coats from blowing out.
Golden Gate Park
Today, had a full photo day. First, I went up in the city to catchup with Aaron and Kevin. I had met them during a print class at San Francisco Art Institute this summer. While hurrying back to my car, I made a quick grab shot. I was rushing because I was overtime in my parking space and wanted to avoid a ticket. Then, I rushed back across the bay to the photo center for my re-done slides (converted from digital). This time the slides look really good. Finally, I went to PhotoCentral to meet with the photographer’s critique group. A good day but this was a weekend without any photo adventures.
Lily and Leaves
This is a composite with a macro of leaves and a water lily blossom. The toning comes from the Nik Duplex filter.
Orchid Bridge – Take II
This is a rework of an earlier image. I was happy with the result but not thrilled. This afternoon, I visited for the first time a group of photographer who meet once a month to review each other’s work. I decided to show this image. One man, Monte Hartman, did a critique and thought this was ‘almost, but not quite’. After a discussion, there was consensus that the lightness in the lower right corner was drawing the eye out of the image. I re-worked a little to darken that area and make the bridge on the right-half stronger. I think this works better. Another suggestion was to mirror the orchid buds and try that as a composite. I kept a layered version but cannot decipher my compositing process enough to redo. Hmmm. Memory is fleeting.
Turns out that Monte has been teaching a composition course for 30 years and has an amazing eye for compositioin. I am taking the class starting on February 9th.
Water Lilies and Aspens
This is another image in prep for the Photoshop creative class. This a classic sandwich approach. I worked it the first time and Photoshop hung crunching and crunching. I waited an hour and half and aborted. Naturally, I had not saved so I started over.
Orchid Bridge
I am working on a creative Photoshop class for friends. This is one of the examples that I was experimenting wth.
On a different note, I found an excellent camera repair shop, Kamera Korner. They took care of replacing the focusing screen on my Digital Rebel while I waited and for half the estimate.
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