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Flamboyant Florals

  

Category:  Photography & Art

By:  a-macarthur  •  6 years ago  •  24 comments

Flamboyant Florals

Applying similar, but, not identical effects to flowers (somewhat in the manner I did with butterflies) … I am trying my techniques with flowers .

For starters …

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Coreopsis Flowers and Buds

© A. Mac/A.G.

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Zinnia Flower

© A. Mac/A.G.


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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    6 years ago

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

 
 
 
nightwalker
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1.1  nightwalker  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    6 years ago

Looks like a good start to me.  Wink

 
 
 
Kavika
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2  Kavika     6 years ago

Nice, I like it.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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2.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Kavika @2    6 years ago

Nice avatar.

 
 
 
CB
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3  CB    6 years ago

It's beautiful.  Symmetry should light up two flowers, no? Just throwing this out there for consideration.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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3.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  CB @3    6 years ago

The flair allows for symmetry as you correctly note … but rather than have two separate flowers compete for the viewers attention, the "star of the show" so-to-speak, is centered and on the bottom horizontal third.

 
 
 
CB
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3.1.1  CB  replied to  A. Macarthur @3.1    6 years ago

Interesting. It's beautiful. Thank you.

 
 
 
Raven Wing
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4  Raven Wing     6 years ago

I love the combination of bright vibrant colors blended with the more subtle colors and textures. Very interesting and effective combination of the two aspects that are equally enhancing of the each other.  

Very nicely done.  Thumbs Up 2

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5  Buzz of the Orient    6 years ago

I once had some ideas as well.  (sigh)

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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5.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5    6 years ago

Pursue those ideas via whatever means takes you in the direction you wish to go … the "destination" is often not as satisfying as the "journey."

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @5.1    6 years ago
"I once had some ideas as well.  (sigh)"

What I meant was I already posted them on your previous article.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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5.1.2  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1.1    6 years ago

Well, hope you will post some more.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @5.1.2    6 years ago

Okay, here are a few new attempts:

1.

flower 1.jpg

2.

flower 2.jpg

3.

flower 3.jpg

4.

flower 4.jpg

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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5.1.4  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1.3    6 years ago

I like 3. particularly because the "softness" usually associated with florals is well-illustrated.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1.5  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @5.1.4    6 years ago

Is this what you mean?

a flower retry.jpg

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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5.1.6  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @5.1.5    6 years ago

Excellent … Peonia Flowers (I think) … perfectly vignetted and softly focused!

 
 
 
evilone
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6  evilone    6 years ago

I like the softness and the warm color tones. The overall image is very pleasing.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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7  author  A. Macarthur    6 years ago

Posted a second flamboyant flower.

 
 
 
Ender
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7.1  Ender  replied to  A. Macarthur @7    6 years ago

Love the second one.

I have a couple pictures of flowers but I don't have any photoshop type tools on this laptop. It seems like it would be painstaking to change the background.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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7.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Ender @7.1    6 years ago

Possible you could copy a flower and paste it as a layer on a background you prefer.

 
 
 
Ender
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7.1.2  Ender  replied to  A. Macarthur @7.1.1    6 years ago

See if this works. I can never get pictures to do right.

 
 
 
Ender
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7.1.3  Ender  replied to  Ender @7.1.2    6 years ago

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Buzz of the Orient
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7.1.4  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Ender @7.1    6 years ago

I use a free (no cost) photo editing tool called "PhotoScape". It has many options for editing, and even many choices of frames - a frame always makes a photo look better. Download PhotoScape and give it a try. I had to experiment a bit with it at first but I really like using it.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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7.1.5  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Ender @7.1.3    6 years ago

Here's something that might negate the need to change a background … fill the frame with the flower to the extent possible and use the widest f-stop your lens provides; that might blur the background enough so as not to be a distraction.

 
 

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