Baby's Breath

Thanks.

I was drawn to this image as thumbnail, because it lacks contrast, almost nothing there, which is so much the nature of the plant, and yet, so delicate. Really nice treatment. Looking at the image larger, I wanted to contrast it up, push the colors, sharpen...all wrong things to do, I think, all of that would crush the delicate sensitivity.

 

Wouldn't change a thing. Just perfect.

Bob, I love the delicacy of this image. The whites and light greens are fresh and happy, very apropos for spring. I do have a few questions. Did you shoot this on a light box? How many times did you rotate this image before deciding on it's final orientation?

This ressables one of your past High Key images, that stays in my mind . Absolute tender beauty. cheers Jana

So delicate and lovely... white on white is always so good (esp. when done so well like this). Yes, pastel green adds to it making it very 'spring like'.

I am also curious about the lighting. I've tried to do high key images in nature but never works like this, always some areas burnt out, without the 'soft' feeling.

C TR, as Laurie, in her infinite wisdom, suggested above, this was shot on a lightbox, which really works well for a lot of subjects. The other light source was bright indirect daylight streaming in from corner windows. This was over-exposed two stops to keep the whites white enough and to give this a high-key effect.

 

Jana, thanks for your kind comments--this one is similar, but is in color and I think I did a better job handling the lighting.

 

Laurie, I didn't rotate this at all. I'm assuming you are suggesting rotating this clockwise 90 degrees?

 

Larry, thanks for incisive critique. I agree with everything you said!

 

A 90 degree clockwise rotation did occur to me (how'd you guess?). I didn't try it myself though. I just had visions of you debating with yourself. Probably because that's what I do when I have an image that has no mandatory up or down.

the whites and the high key are nice, its got the rule of thirds down but I dont find it settling to view. I'm trying to figure out why this just isnt sitting well for me. I think it may be the stems and buds in the lower center area and the tension from the bud on the left lower frame and quite possibly the most central flower in the top middle. Are there any more?

 

Knicki