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Bird of Paradise...revisited

Postby LostDingo on Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:25 pm

another take of Bird of Paradise taken at home, makeshift "studio". In others, black paper background 8)
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Postby BBJ on Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:40 pm

I lik ethis pic i think the black back ground is good infact i must get some more muslin and dye up a black background for playing with.
I love the colours and well as good as it looks here on me lappy.
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Postby LostDingo on Mon May 01, 2006 7:12 am

BBJ wrote:I lik ethis pic i think the black back ground is good infact i must get some more muslin and dye up a black background for playing with.
I love the colours and well as good as it looks here on me lappy.
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Thanks BBJ.....just a question regarding the muslin, can any type of muslin material be purchased and dyed black and be quite similar to that which is purchased?
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Postby LostDingo on Mon May 01, 2006 7:13 am

No other comments good or bad? Flowers don't seem to draw much attention or it's not a very appealing shot :roll:
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Postby wmaburnett on Mon May 01, 2006 3:29 pm

amazing photograph! i dont think you could have done any better in any way
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Postby radar on Mon May 01, 2006 3:55 pm

Hi Paul,

another beautiful BoP. From memory I would say that I preferred your other one.

This one is good as well, but I find the front petals a bit distracting. They are slightly OOF. You could "butcher" the flower and remove those. You would be left with a very nice variation on the BoP, just the centre blue/purple bit framed by the orange petals.

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Postby marcotrov on Mon May 01, 2006 4:10 pm

Beautiful rich colours, great composition and symmetry with focus going to the blue flower. Terrific exposurte with the black background suiting the image. Lovely artistic image Paul.
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Postby sirhc55 on Mon May 01, 2006 4:12 pm

What makes this pic special is the unusual perspective - I like :)
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Postby LostDingo on Mon May 01, 2006 9:54 pm

Appreciate the comments and suggestions guys!

Butchering the OOF petals is an idea but I don't know how easily would be able to accomplish and not be noticeable, given my "surgical" skills :shock:

The result would be what I am looking for, concentration of the blue petal

Thanks again guys!

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Postby suzanneg on Mon May 01, 2006 11:16 pm

Looks a bit like a ballerina - I agree with butchering the front petals. It would accentuate the ballerina resemblance.
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Postby Alex on Mon May 01, 2006 11:20 pm

This is one great photo! I'm not normally a fan of floral shots, but this is something special!

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Postby Steffen on Tue May 02, 2006 12:48 am

suzanneg wrote:Looks a bit like a ballerina - I agree with butchering the front petals. It would accentuate the ballerina resemblance.


You reckon? I think they look like a pair of crossed legs, adding to the "person" illusion.

I find it amazing what a different perspective (in this case one that nobody would think of with this kind of flower) can do.

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Postby Steffen on Tue May 02, 2006 12:50 am

 BTW, has anybody used black paper backgrounds in a light tent? Will they work ok or come out dark grey?

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