
(5 years and 3390 days ago)
~~~0~~~ ![]() by EmiK 8429 views - final score: 60.5% | Small bloom of beauty ![]() by MnMCarta 7817 views - final score: 60.4% | Aged like Wine ![]() by MnMCarta 9332 views - final score: 60.4% |
Magnolia ![]() by tsheltz 8914 views - final score: 59.7% | Durians ![]() by maclu2iaf 6917 views - final score: 59.7% | Bluebottle in the wind ![]() by Rad-Vila 5635 views - final score: 59.5% |
flower ![]() by momvera 2411 views - final score: 59.2% | White tipped petals ![]() by ibmaxed 4615 views - final score: 59.1% | Morning dew ![]() by fredtrappenburg 3410 views - final score: 59% |
Lights ![]() by captgeo 4309 views - final score: 58.5% | Full flower head ![]() by WYSIWYG 6233 views - final score: 58.5% | The Tulip ![]() by WYSIWYG 3361 views - final score: 58.4% |
Snowdrop ![]() by jeaniblog 4406 views - final score: 58.4% | reaching for the light ![]() by friiskiwi 4211 views - final score: 58.4% | flowerhead ![]() by Lefa 3111 views - final score: 58.2% |
Dahlia ![]() by smokebigbird 4283 views - final score: 58.1% | White and shining ![]() by Rad-Vila 4000 views - final score: 58.1% | * ![]() by Rad-Vila 2477 views - final score: 58% |
Frangipani ![]() by friiskiwi 7576 views - final score: 58% | Little Flower (weed) ![]() by MnMCarta 4319 views - final score: 57.9% | krokus ![]() by awinibhat 3417 views - final score: 57.6% |
Eruption in pink ![]() by fredtrappenburg 3261 views - final score: 57.5% | Singapore orchid ![]() by friiskiwi 5248 views - final score: 57.3% | Center ![]() by smokebigbird 3001 views - final score: 57.2% |
flower ![]() by ojojojka22 3041 views - final score: 57.2% | Tiny ![]() by frelbow 3184 views - final score: 57.2% | Love ![]() by xogx2002 3274 views - final score: 57.2% |
Seeds ![]() by wind 3236 views - final score: 57.1% | Purple Flower ![]() by ibmaxed 3045 views - final score: 57% | kiss the sun ![]() by newrays 3762 views - final score: 57% |
Hidden ![]() by wind 3119 views - final score: 56.9% | Button Bush ![]() by Atomaszewski 4519 views - final score: 56.8% | Yellow beauty ![]() by sanjaydp 3464 views - final score: 56.5% |
Budding Out ![]() by chellej 4303 views - final score: 56.5% | Orange ![]() by frelbow 2793 views - final score: 56.3% | Lil Red Rose ![]() by birdhm 4507 views - final score: 56.3% |
Spring Has Sprung! ![]() by bandit69 4404 views - final score: 56.2% | Dandi ![]() by jbillitteri 3197 views - final score: 56.1% | Orchid ![]() by k5683 2989 views - final score: 56.1% |
Shiny Petals ![]() by EmiK 3708 views - final score: 56% | Magnolia ![]() by Angloaussiekiwi 2041 views - final score: 56% | Lightened tulip ![]() by Artifakts 3605 views - final score: 55.7% |
first flower ![]() by whimsicalb 3623 views - final score: 55.6% | dew ![]() by Neese 2896 views - final score: 55.5% | pop flower pop ![]() by whimsicalb 3166 views - final score: 55.4% |
Sunflower ![]() by merrowheather 2854 views - final score: 55.3% | Water Lily ![]() by k5683 4528 views - final score: 55.2% | Soft touch ![]() by Araka13 3475 views - final score: 55% |
Mum ![]() by rbsgrl 3578 views - final score: 54.8% | Inside Lily ![]() by Angloaussiekiwi 3904 views - final score: 54.8% | poppy's poppy ![]() by Sheridan 2517 views - final score: 54.7% |
Flower in the Garden ![]() by chellej 5852 views - final score: 54.5% | Red ![]() by filantrop 1968 views - final score: 54.5% | Purple ![]() by filantrop 2463 views - final score: 54.5% |
Silver Lining ![]() by rbsgrl 3547 views - final score: 54.2% | Flower on My Porch ![]() by lchappell 4530 views - final score: 54.2% | Yellow Tulip ![]() by jeaniblog 3230 views - final score: 54.2% |
carnation ![]() by momvera 3584 views - final score: 54.1% | ...by any other name ![]() by kyricom 4228 views - final score: 54.1% | yellow ![]() by kathyw 2590 views - final score: 54% |
lilly ![]() by emilymnewell 2717 views - final score: 54% | almost white ![]() by MaxR 4071 views - final score: 53.7% | flower ![]() by awinibhat 3685 views - final score: 53.6% |
Oxalis corniculata L. ![]() by dchlucky 4165 views - final score: 53.2% | Hibiscus ![]() by chellej 2746 views - final score: 53.1% | Strong colour ![]() by WYSIWYG 3957 views - final score: 52.9% |
Circle dance ![]() by sanjaydp 3434 views - final score: 52.8% | After the rain ![]() by rbsgrl 2777 views - final score: 52.7% | Harmony in pink and red ![]() by fredtrappenburg 6974 views - final score: 52.4% |
Yellow ![]() by filantrop 2293 views - final score: 52% | White Lily ![]() by k5683 4032 views - final score: 51.7% | Purple ![]() by cairn 2365 views - final score: 51.3% |
Yellow and blue ![]() by merrowheather 3547 views - final score: 50.1% |
Howdie Guest!
You need to be logged in to rate this entry and participate in the contests!
LOGIN HERE or REGISTER FOR FREE
This is an absolutely amazing photo, but you should read the theme description again very closely. "Just the head of the flower, with a few inches of the stem if necessary.
Your photo can show absolutely nothing else besides this." Could you at least send me a private message and tell me how you did this because I love it and want to try it!
I read the theme and chose to follow the last part of the theme, "You could also use a very low depth of field to completely blur out the background making everything unrecognizable (other than the flower of course)." Yes you can see colors..... but can you recognize what made the colors? I hope this can be considered on theme still.
As for how it was done..... very easy. lights in the background (old Christmas lights) far back.... flower in foreground lit with snoot on light. VERY low depth of field with aperture set to 1.4 or so.
Very nice, great effects with those lights. Thanks for that info and good luck Author
Try it.... you can vary the aperture setting to make the "bokeh" bigger or smaller. the higher the aperture # the smaller the "lights" will be. The shape of the bokeh is determined by the lens and the type and number of blades it has. You can also take black (non-glossy) paper and cut out a shape and put it over the lens. You will have to experiment with the size of the cut out... too small or too big and it won't work. I think you can find some pre-cut on ebay really cheap.
thanks for the explanation. I know how to do some of it, but I guess it was the light on the flower that I wasn't sure about. A snoot on the light is the honeycomb thing right?
As far as the theme part of it goes, I think sometimes the theme descriptions can be so vague, so it is hard to tell what really can be on theme or not. And yeah, you're right about that last part about blurring it. I don't think that's what they had in mind (but I'm not in their mind
), but since it is not specific, I guess it's open. I do love this photo though, it stands out from ALL the rest of them in the contest!
Sometimes it is okay to "bend" the rules a little bit.....just not break it?
A snoot is like a cone that gets smaller at the end (smaller as you move towards the subject) that goes over the light/flash. I did in fact have a honeycomb disc at the end of the snoot too.
Interesting & original shot.
Howdie stranger!
If you want to rate this picture or participate in this contest, just:
LOGIN HERE or REGISTER FOR FREE