Terry Campanella  


Tulips  by Terry Campanella

July 2024 - Tulips

July 2024 - Terry Campanella

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Taken with my Nikon D 5200 on Manual Mode, Lens 55-200; Focal Length 105mm, Speed 1/640 sec., F/5.6, ISO 500. I totally struggled with this image in Post Processing. I wanted the ⬓focus tulip⬠to stand out as well as fit with the overall feel of the image. I finally ended up de-saturating the colors and then increasing the saturation on the focus tulip. Does the image come across cohesive? Does the composition work?


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6 comments posted




Dr V G Mohanan Nair   Dr V G Mohanan Nair
Nice composition. The leaves look un-natural due to desaturation. I liked the original image more with complementary colors, but needs trimming to remove the yellow patch on the left side.   Posted: 07/08/2024 14:52:44



Walter Naumann   Walter Naumann
There is more in the cropped than the uncropped version. Not bad but curious.

I like you plan to desaturate the leaves, but I think you went too far.

An option would be to crop more emphasizing the center of interest of interest flower.   Posted: 07/08/2024 22:41:28
Terry Campanella   Terry Campanella
Thanks for your comments Walter. You are spot on with this image being too desaturated. What was I thinking? I did add a bit more of the right side of the image to get away from the stem sitting straight up on the right hand side of the image.   Posted: 07/17/2024 00:08:12



Joan Funk   Joan Funk
I agree with the above comments - nice composition with beautiful flowers, lovely colors, but too much desaturation of the green leaves. Could you have moved the camera higher and shot down more on the flowers, getting more of the upper ones in the image?   Posted: 07/12/2024 22:17:08
Terry Campanella   Terry Campanella
Would love to have a "do over" on this image. I do not often take pictures of groups of flowers and definitely need my practice in how to frame.   Posted: 07/17/2024 00:11:08



Bogdan Bricelj   Bogdan Bricelj
I like colors of flowers on the original image. You can just select the background without of flowers and desaturate it a little bit.   Posted: 07/17/2024 16:54:16