Henry Roberts
About the Image(s)
How I did it:
I started with an amaryllis blossom just about to open. I placed it in diffused window light coming in from the left side and in front of a spring reflector as a white background. I photographed it in a number of variations both from a distance and very close up with a Canon EOS 5Drs and Canon 24-105 zoom lens (and an extension tube for some shots) while bracketing exposures. (correct, plus, and minus a stop).
Then in Bridge I selected out two images to blend together, a close up and a distance image. Opening them in camera raw, I played with them until I had something that artistically pleased me. The closeup I chose as the background to fill the frame. This image I played with the color balance and flipped it horizontally. The distance image I played with in liquify to get more curves, flipped it horizontally, and brought it in as a layer to the closeup file. This layer I made the full stem smaller, rotated it, and placed it where it seemed to fit in artistically. I used the gradient tool to blend it into the background.
I have an ongoing project to task myself to learn and play with layers which is what I did here. Artistically I’m not really excited about the final image but I did stretch myself in the process. Perhaps I should have had a background layer, the stem and flower as a main layer, and the enlargement of the flower as a smaller layer somewhere on the side. Well, next time.
I’m not pleased with how the red color bled into the yellow green leaves but I don’t know how to correct that.
What do you think and what would you suggest?
This round’s discussion is now closed!
6 comments posted
The liquifiy worked well
only suggestions are to make the stem go to the bottom and get rid of the hot spots on the center leaf   Posted: 01/10/2020 16:55:29