Flower season begins!

[Bilbo_baggin]

Taken in the garden, I used curves to lift the background to get the white on white (by using just the bright cloudy sky as a background) and then raised the details of the veins in the petals. Used a pop of fillin flash.

Exif:


Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Image Date: 2008:06:07 13:56:51
Flash Used: Yes (Manual)
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 14.96mm
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
Aperture: f/10.0
ISO equiv: 100
White Balance: Auto
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual





> Artistic mode <






Paul.

[LilacHarryQuinn]

It's so much like a painting I can hardly believe it's done with a camera.

Very stylised, and I can't get anime/manga/japanese console games out of my head when I look at it.

I actually like it a lot, but I can imagine it's one of them things that would be a black and white, I hate it I love it image.

[peterc4]

great angle mate nice

[B B Leo]

nice pic paul! just a weird looking flower! well not the flower more the stem

[Bilbo_baggin]

It is a common enough plant guys - "Love in a Mist" or "Nigella".


Thanks.

Paul.

[dpSparhawk]

Damn, I almost thought you'd used Fractalis on it then what with the thorns and detail in the leaf.

An unusual flower that I personally have never seen but I do like the shot. I think it works excellently against the pale background.


EDIT: Fractalius

[Bilbo_baggin]

Damn, I almost thought you'd used Fractalis on it then what with the thorns and detail in the leaf.

An unusual flower that I personall have never seen but I do like the shot. I think it works excellently against the pale background.

You mean "Fractalius"?

No, just my own PS skills m8..


Paul.

[dpSparhawk]

Yes I meant Fractalius.. lol I missed out the U.

Heh, I think you've captured it so well, Fractalius isn't even required as it has it's own Fractalius type character in the construction of the flower.