Lemonade
I couldn't get the composition I wanted. This fun looking daisy was growing in Bethany's garden and I desperately wanted to take its picture, but my equipment wouldn't cooperate. It's a long list of complaints, but basically my tripod is too tall and my macro setting has too wide of an angle.
I took a few photos of the daisy anyway, searching for a creative way of presenting this flower. None of the results were very appealing, but I kept them anyway, hoping CS2 would come to the rescue. I've been trying to avoid major Photoshopping, but for some reason this seems forgivable because it could be done in any of the free software that is available these days.
The blur was added because I couldn't get close enough to the flower with my tripod, resulting in a rather low-res crop. The blur covers up the low quality a bit, and hey, it looks nice too. I guess the point of this and yesterday's post is that although conditions may not always be great, you can use the flaws to your advantage. When life gives you lemons...
Canon PowerShot S2 IS, 6mm, f/6.3, 1/25 sec, ISO 50
posted by Bethany at 10:47 AM
21 Comments:
I actually like the softfocus. It gives it a dreamy feel.
The result is very pleasing to the eyes. Not including the whole flower also looks good. Overall a great shot I say.
BTW: I really want to know... What is your famour Uncle Robert famous for???
I opened your page this morning, saw this picture and it felt dreamy. loving the hazy effect. This is a very interesting flower and i don't think a clear shot would hve done as much justice as this. Your CS2 does have a nice intiution.:) and a great trust in your processing skills too!
Beautiful processing on this. Lovely shot.
Nice effect! Never heard that saying before... What is the full sentence? When life gives you lemons, make lemonade??
lovely soft glow in this shot...i like the way u frame it...beautiful:-) btw u have really good memory about my photos, my last post is a new shot, but look similar and same processing as my bw star magnolia :-))
Well... let's see. Do you have manual focus available in macro? Kind of looks like uncooperative auto-focus. My digital lacks manual focus and I often end up with shots like this. I look forward to acquiring my Minolta/Sony Maxxum Digital SLR for that very reason. In the meantime, I rely on my film cameras for this stuff.
Fabulous color, and those who comment on the soft focus are right, it looks good.
I like this softfocus.Nice picture!!
I think its pretty ^_^ I like it alot- nice one, Timmy.
~K
The soft focus could work, but it seems as if something is missing from this picture... I think it's the lack of a good focal point. Since you've used soft focus, I think this has to be achieved through lighting. Right now your lighting shows the left three petals as the main focus, but this feels rather awkward with the other two being left out. It doesn't help that the light green bits in the background are so nearby. If you could get the strongest lighting on the middle of the flower I think this could be a better shot. Good attempt though.
I truly love this picture! You did a great job here. :)
Hey! What's wrong with lemons?
Seems like you rescued it well. Not sure what the original must have looked like.
love the soft focus, it nicely rescues the shot and lifts it up. good one
Suby
I think I prefer this photo this way, because we always see crisp and clean shots of flowers. This one has a different touch, and I like the softglow, too. Nice composition with the petals. :-)
Dude, your best shot ever. (You might be surprised eh?)
This is the most unique and mybe the best flower shot ever seen by me, I love it, the feel to it overall is fantastic, very well done, you sure do deserve a DSLR more than anyone.
GREAT GREAT GREAT SHOT! for you man!
Very dreamy, the soft focus works well!
I also love this shot, a picture needs to stir something within the viewer to be a hit, this does just that, lovely image my friend...
very very nicely done! ;) ... i like! lots
Neat recovery, I agree with Laurie.
i love this cut flower
have a nice day ;)
Wow very nice. Love the soft focus, love the fact that the flower is only partially showing and positioned into the bottom right-hand corner. Strong composition.
Read with interest your comments about photoshop. I also of course try and get the best photo I can just with the camera, I don't want to rely on PS to fix a badly taken photo. But all that said, I love using PS to alter / manipulate a photo. For me its all about making the best image possible - and if that means spending hours photoshopping a photo then so be it. I really don't like the way some purist-photographers look down on any use of PS in a shot.
Anyway enough ranting, once again, great photo !
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