Karen Botvin
December 2024 - Bleeding Heart Vine
About the Image(s)
This image was made with my Nikon Z-2, set in DX mode, with a 105mm macro lens, ISO 400, f/3.0 @ 1/800 sec. In LR, I dropped the highlights, shadows and increased the whites. I also added a touch of Clarity. Comments are always welcome.
6 comments posted
Karen - Truly beautiful this month. Usually I find that bright green is too distracting for flowers. But not this time - the perfet focus makes the Hearts stand out, but it is the angle of the shot that makes this all work together. The horizontal spray forces my eye to view the flower first, but the green is necessaru to give the image a diagonal prespective too, which is further emphasized by the stamens on the left-most flower. For me, I would crop out just past that left-bottom round leaf. Posted: 12/11/2024 16:59:53
Thank you for your comments, Melissa. I'm glad you enjoyed viewing it. I agree, a bit off the bottom might enhance the image. I will play around with it. Posted: 12/16/2024 22:18:22
Hi Karen, This is lovely and the holiday color combo enhances the image for me. I agree with Melissa's suggestion for cropping this wonderful image. Posted: 12/11/2024 23:54:34
Thank you Charissa, I'm happy you enjoyed viewing it and I agree that it does have a holiday feel to it. Posted: 12/16/2024 22:20:16
Hi Karen - beautiful flowers with wonderful focus on the subject. I did play with the cropping since my eyes kept going down the photo to the flowers out of focus. Right or wrong I think you displayed a lovely image for us to see. Posted: 12/16/2024 22:03:59
Thanks Lori, for your comments. I prefer the portrait rather than landscape view, but I will crop a bit off the bottom. I feel that your crop makes the image feel cramped, but thanks for the demonstration. Posted: 12/16/2024 22:23:28