Priscilla Farrell
March 2019 - Purple Carnations
About the Image(s)
How I Did It: It has been a long winter here in the Midwest. But good for indoor macro photography. This was taken indoors with window light using a tripod. Post processing with Nik and PSE.
Camera settings: f 20, 1/2 sec. ISO 200. 90 mm Tamron macro lens.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
7 comments posted
(Groups 41 & 44 & 46)
I agree -- winter is a great time for Macro and close-ups and still life inside images!
The monochromatic these works well here. The flowers have lots of great color and texture.
I like the loose petals on the bottom.
The lighting looks a tad flat. You mentioned window lighting, Was the window on the left? Right? or was your back to the window and the window straight on to the flowers? I cannot tell.
This looks like one of those flower praying mantis!
The top background and wall angle could be a bit more blurred.
For a macro image I would like to see more, well macro, this seems more like a still life than closeup or macro. Posted: 03/09/2019 14:07:04
The monochromatic these works well here. The flowers have lots of great color and texture.
I like the loose petals on the bottom.
The lighting looks a tad flat. You mentioned window lighting, Was the window on the left? Right? or was your back to the window and the window straight on to the flowers? I cannot tell.
This looks like one of those flower praying mantis!
The top background and wall angle could be a bit more blurred.
For a macro image I would like to see more, well macro, this seems more like a still life than closeup or macro. Posted: 03/09/2019 14:07:04
In retrospect this image is "more like a still life" as you suggested even though it was taken with a macro lens. I do enjoy doing still life photography and do a fair amount of it as a member of an Ikebana club. Posted: 03/10/2019 13:32:46
(Groups 41 & 44 & 46)
macro·photography noun "photography producing photographs of small items larger than life size."
not many people, myself included, actually DO macro photography. I occasionally do 1:1 but rarely larger than that.
some of the PSA macro group members wanted these groups to be strictly "macro", which would technically be better for learning macro photography, but there are just too few people actually doing true macro work that went the email went out asking the groups if they should be strict no one voted to enforce the definition.
"Officially, macro photography only happens when you take pictures of small subjects with a magnification of "life size" or greater. Essentially it means that you must take pictures where your subject is the same size as your camera sensor or smaller, and it fills the frame. (So, if your camera sensor is one inch wide, you would be photographing something 1 inch or smaller.)" photographylife.com/macro-photography-tutorial Posted: 03/10/2019 15:20:36
not many people, myself included, actually DO macro photography. I occasionally do 1:1 but rarely larger than that.
some of the PSA macro group members wanted these groups to be strictly "macro", which would technically be better for learning macro photography, but there are just too few people actually doing true macro work that went the email went out asking the groups if they should be strict no one voted to enforce the definition.
"Officially, macro photography only happens when you take pictures of small subjects with a magnification of "life size" or greater. Essentially it means that you must take pictures where your subject is the same size as your camera sensor or smaller, and it fills the frame. (So, if your camera sensor is one inch wide, you would be photographing something 1 inch or smaller.)" photographylife.com/macro-photography-tutorial Posted: 03/10/2019 15:20:36
Lisa, I agree with the comments on macro photography. Just because the image is taken with a macro lens, it doesn't mean it is macro photography. Posted: 03/10/2019 17:37:23
Hi Priscilla, Use of single color (leaving whites aside) is brilliant. The loose petals are adding to the image.
Two observations: 1. Use of either Pop-up flash or Off camera flash would have given you the required pop of this beautiful flower
2. The shadow/border created at the wall-floor meeting point is distracting
Posted: 03/11/2019 06:29:28
Two observations: 1. Use of either Pop-up flash or Off camera flash would have given you the required pop of this beautiful flower
2. The shadow/border created at the wall-floor meeting point is distracting
Posted: 03/11/2019 06:29:28
Hi Pricilla, I like the color with the purple background. I agree with Madhusudhan about a pop of light. The line between the back and bottom is a bit distracting. I also agree with the other comments as this being more of a still life then a Macro. Posted: 03/13/2019 07:52:04
Hi Priscilla, this purple is my favorite color and the flower is so amazingly beautiful. I love the shot and I would love it even more if it had a background without texture and in a color tone that would not compete with the colors of the flower. This way, the flower and its textures would pop. Posted: 03/24/2019 15:19:56