About To Bloom - C & C Appreciated

[obecanobe]

Spring is not far off:clap
Taken at 1:1, handheld

[DonRicklin]

Needs a black point and some midtone contrast.

No pop.

Don

[Skippy]

Spring is not far off:clap
Taken at 1:1, handheld

Ahhhhhhhhh I have a couple of these plants myself,
I don't have a garden as such, just a few Australian Natives scattered here and there.... I noticed the Hoverflies really like those flowers.

This summer I am going to try and get a decent shot of a hover fly,
and try out Brians stacking technique on a bug.

Lovely Closeup Obecanobe :thumb .... Skippy :D
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[obecanobe]

Thanks for the comments.
Can someone let me know what DonRicklin was talking about when he suggested I needed a "Black Point".
I haven't heard of this before.

[DonRicklin]

Thanks for the comments.
Can someone let me know what DonRicklin was talking about when he suggested I needed a "Black Point".
I haven't heard of this before.What are you using to PP your images? PSCS or Lightroom?


Don

[obecanobe]

The shot was taken straight from the camera. I increased the contrast using Canons software that comes with the 40D, otherwise have done nothing else to it.

[DonRicklin]

This SM/Dgrin tutorial, Make Your Image Pop (http://dgrin.smugmug.com/gallery/2292454/1) will tell you the basic including Black Point setting.

Don

[obecanobe]

Don,
Thanks for the link to the tutorial.
I have run through it but found it adds too much black in. I think I need to muck around with the RGB settings a little.
Once again thanks.

[DonRicklin]

This kind of thing is always to personal taste. There is a difference between enough and too, much!

:D

Don