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Clematis 'Lanuginosa Candida'


karen rexrode

flash bounce


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longer exposure would blow out the white...a more saturating film might be a better option. i like it regardless.
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Javin, we're not talking about a 2 stop increase, and she didn't use film in the first place. My guess is the flower was so white that it actually fooled the camera meter into making it middle grey. Just like photographing snow normally does. Properly exposed this would be a high-key photograph. Quite stunning in my opinion, too.

 

Karen, with your permission, I've uploaded a tonally more balanced version, though, I went easy on the image. You could probably even bring the mid-tones up some more. I really like Clematis, they're so photogenic.

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Aaron,

 

The image was a more gray one to begin with, the bounce flash helped but yes, I did work with color balance, primarily curves to set the whites to 250 and blacks to 10. I do like your version - the stamens are more prominent. Thanks so much.

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