Flowers whisper Beauty to the world . . . .

[Kathy O]

One of the many Iris from my flower bed Constructive advice is welcome.
Please enlarge for better viewing.

[Shadowman]

This image and the one at Flower Bed Beauty both look SOOC, if that's the way you prefer your images then well done. To me, the SOOC shot at P, S, or A modes are essentially starting points for final output. If you shot these in M mode then either you are exposing to the right, which is essentially what the other modes seem to do or you like neutral colors. Any comments I might make regarding what you are displaying would be based on personal preferences; but I would continue processing to capture the viewers attention, isolate one particular color or flower, and perhaps eliminate some of the partial petals (bottom of the frame, left side of frame).

[Kathy O]

This image and the one at Flower Bed Beauty both look SOOC, if that's the way you prefer your images then well done. To me, the SOOC shot at P, S, or A modes are essentially starting points for final output. If you shot these in M mode then either you are exposing to the right, which is essentially what the other modes seem to do or you like neutral colors. Any comments I might make regarding what you are displaying would be based on personal preferences; but I would continue processing to capture the viewers attention, isolate one particular color or flower, and perhaps eliminate some of the partial petals (bottom of the frame, left side of frame).

Thank you for your comments I did shoot in manual and yes I do worry about over doing it in the PP so my photos are probably a little on the conservative side but I am always interested in trying new things and leaping off that ledge a little bit . Here is the SOOC photo, I thought I would share.

[Shadowman]

Thank you for your comments I did shoot in manual and yes I do worry about over doing it in the PP so my photos are probably a little on the conservative side but I am always interested in trying new things and leaping off that ledge a little bit . Here is the SOOC photo, I thought I would share.

Hi Kathy,

Did you do any lens correction prior to editing? A slight bit of color fringing on some of the petals and bokeh. Very subtle editing.

[Kathy O]

Hi Kathy,

Did you do any lens correction prior to editing? A slight bit of color fringing on some of the petals and bokeh. Very subtle editing.

What do you mean by lens correction? I use lightroom is there something I need to be doing before I start editing with lightroom -- sorry if I sound less than intelligent here . . . .

[Shadowman]

What do you mean by lens correction? I use lightroom is there something I need to be doing before I start editing with lightroom -- sorry if I sound less than intelligent here . . . .

It's a good question, don't be ashamed to ask; I still forget to apply lens correction but have started making it part of my workflow. In the right hand panel of Lightroom, third from bottom; is a section for applying lens corrections to your image in the Development Module. You can profile your particular camera model and lens and the software will apply adjustments automatically for (chromatic aberration and fringing), you can also fix distortions, vignetting from lens.

[AlwaysOnAuto]

I like this shot. It's not a studio shot, it's outdoors, in the sun and making do with what you have to work with. My kind of shooting.

[Kathy O]

It's a good question, don't be ashamed to ask; I still forget to apply lens correction but have started making it part of my workflow. In the right hand panel of Lightroom, third from bottom; is a section for applying lens corrections to your image in the Development Module. You can profile your particular camera model and lens and the software will apply adjustments automatically for (chromatic aberration and fringing), you can also fix distortions, vignetting from lens.

Thank you so much, I will start playing with that

[Kathy O]

I like this shot. It's not a studio shot, it's outdoors, in the sun and making do with what you have to work with. My kind of shooting.

Thank you

[marlunn]

very nice, personally I prefer the SOOC image as it has a stronger feel of hot summers to me, I can imagine sitting in the garden on a hot summers day and seeing that view.

[NorthernFocus]

Looks like you have a beautiful garden, Kathy. I love backlit flower shots. You can really get some bold colors with the sunlight passing through the petals. Also not sure whether it was intentional or not but I like the lens flare in this case. It gives a real warmth and an ethereal feel to the image.

IMO the shot is a bit "busy". Needs to either include more surrounding blooms or isolate the one better. A vertical format might have been a better choice. It could be very effective if it was shot from a slightly different angle so the OOF bloom in the BG was separated from the primary subject just a bit rather than directly behind it. That would have required shooting from a slightly higher angle which would also have eliminated the bright band of horizon at top of frame. That band is both distracting and belies the fact that the shot isn't level (which drives some of us crazy).

As shot IMO a vertical crop and applying a post-crop vignette would eliminate a bunch of the surroundings and would be a huge improvement.

[NorthernFocus]

Thusly

[Kathy O]

Thusly

I like the fact that you edited my photo, and it look great!! But can you tell me what you did to achieve this edit? Thank you so much!!

[NorthernFocus]

I like the fact that you edited my photo, and it look great!! But can you tell me what you did to achieve this edit? Thank you so much!!

Just done quickly in LR to demonstrate another possibility. Here is a clip of the LR screen showing how it is cropped and just quick and dirty lighting changes.

[Kathy O]

Just done quickly in LR to demonstrate another possibility. Here is a clip of the LR screen showing how it is cropped and just quick and dirty lighting changes.

THank you