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Ursula I Abresch
{K:6515} 9/22/2003
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A California poppy!!! This is my favourite flower. We used to have a lot of them in Valparaíso, Chile, where I grew up, and I always loved them, and the very soft and cool to the touch leaves that they have. This picture is beautiful, I wouldn't change a thing. The colours, textures, shapes are excellent.
Thank you for your comment on Nova Scotia Sunset II - I will try the different crop one of these days, but more than that it also gives me ideas for other pictures. Thanks again!
Ursula
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Harlan Heald
{K:15732} 9/17/2003
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Excellent macro! Great color and wonderful detail! I like the crop, too!
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Gabriele Pfund
{K:11745} 9/11/2003
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Wow, what a strong, vibrant yellow!!! Very nice composition and details, too! I don't think that more saturation would enhance here something; might even look overdone. To me it's great as it is. Thanks and regards
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Jani Salvataggio
{K:27283} 9/1/2003
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perfect macro!!! regards!
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 8/28/2003
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Thanks Vince, for taking a look... I don't know why but my crappy scanner does like the flower images better than the rest. Weird, but a true fact! *grin* I will try out some more saturation and a little more contrast to see the difference.
Just a side note...the camera is a F80 outside of the States... it's the international model of the N80.
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Vincent K. Tylor
{K:7863} 8/28/2003
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Outstanding capture Kim. I think the composition here is what really stands out in my opinion. The depth is also excellent which is always important when shooting these macro-flower scenes. It also appears that your scanner does these types of images better than most others....or perhaps you have a new scanner as well as camera and lenses. The only thing I would personally look at adding is perhaps just a bit more contrast as well as a few points of saturation to give only a little added pop. Either way another excellent photograph as is!
By the way the camera is called an N-80, not an F-80....just in case some start looking to check that camera out. How do you like so far??
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John Barclay
{K:3650} 8/28/2003
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In answer to your question. I really like the new Velvia 100F better for shadow areas. Not quite as punchy in color as Velvia but much stronger than Provia. I find myself shooting in more and more.
Regarding your comment on the Suzi's shot... It is not a pseduo pan it is a REAL pan. It was taken with the Hasselblad XPAN cameara which is a true pan cameara. No masking going on there the image is as taken. If your not familiar with the XPAN you can look at www.xpan.com a very fun camera!
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 8/26/2003
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Thanks Betsy and Mr Arrey.
Betsy, I can't wait until you get your close up lenses... they really add a new element of creativity.
Mr Arrey, usually I shoot Velvia slide film which is know for its vibrant colours, even yellow. Since I was practising I used Fuji Superia and asked the lab to match the colour to a slide I had taken of this same flower. With print film the lab tech can play around a lot with colour, all you have to do is ask.
Thanks again!
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Mr. Arrey
{K:11516} 8/26/2003
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Normally, when making a Macro pic, I use a very big aperture, but this is a very powerful pic. I like it. How did you intense the yellow colour. I alsoways have problem make pics of yellow motives. Well done!
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Betsy Hern
{K:12872} 8/25/2003
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Well, I love the colors here and the background is not distracting, the greenish-blue seems a nice opposing force to the bright yellow. I guess I'd like to see a bit more focus on the very center of the flower. The center shadows are a nice touch. I just bought some close-up lenses for my Yashica Mat so I will be experimenting soon, too. Hope my experiments come out as good as yours.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 8/25/2003
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I would love to hear others comments on this... as only 11 people have viewed this I would like more of a range.
I guess 3 comments for 11 views ain't bad, but there must be some different things to try. I was just playing with my F80, but still trying to create something that was beauty.
Does it work for you?
Is the green in the bg distracting?
Thanks in advance....
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 8/25/2003
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Thanks for the comments, and thank you Al.... I forget sometimes that not everyone has high speed internet. Since the max allowed at Usefilm is 300k per image I try to get close to that so my quality is the best it can be.... I have never tried saving for the web, but I will from now on!
Thanks for taking a look!!!
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Francesco Bazzi
{K:953} 8/25/2003
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Wuaoh Excellent color excellent quality nice work.Congrats"Francesco"
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Hayri CALISKAN
{K:16195} 8/25/2003
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Wowwww I am very sory for the mistake.. surely 7/7 but my mistake..forgive me please.
Regards, Hayri.
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Hayri CALISKAN
{K:16195} 8/25/2003
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Excellent macro with great colors and details. Very nice lighting used.
Regards, Hayri.
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Al Camp
{K:539} 8/25/2003
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Sure is great to see someone take the time to use a tripod for a photo. Good color saturation, which is hard to do with this flower some times. Cameras tend to over or under expose. Next time try saving file for Net at a lower quality level, like around 4 with PhotoShop. This file was 209K!! At a lower level, which still looks great on the Net, it would have been 50 to 60K at most and would load a lot faster. (Oh, with karma of 11K you must already know about oversized files. Sorry)
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