Photo "cottage garden sweet pea"

A. Girao #1 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:03

Wonderful bouquet, great colours and details, cliff!
regards

A V E #2 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:06

very well done!

Vladimir Fofanov #3 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:08

Softest colours with excellent techniqe and composition. Just perfect!

Brian Swift #4 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:11

I can almost smell their scent from here.Beautifully captured macro with wonderful colour and clarity.Congrats Cliff.
I will have a Bushmills if we ever meet up Cliff.Warmest Wishes,Brian.

cliff rosbotham #8 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:25

Thank you Brian I look forward to that, Susanne my wife has been nurtchering these for weeks from seed and this was the first cut this evening, first time we have grown them
regards
cliff

Graca Cavadas #5 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:15

Beautiful and tender!
Nice colors, nice contrast against background!

Roberto Palladini #6 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:20

very good.

Gennadi Jurshevich #7 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:20

Beautiful picture!

Chet King #9 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:31

Pretty little maids all in a row. Regards, Chet

chandru shahani #10 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:34

I really like the position of the flowers and the angle
you shot these at. I like the tranquillity atmosphere
you kept in this shot. Really marvellous colors.

Chet King #11 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:35

Cliff, black background in a greenhouse, or ambient window light for most of your work?

cliff rosbotham #14 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:57

3x2 board painted with matt blackboard paint, and ambient window light, no reflectors as it kills the shadows falling on the flowers.
cliff

Igor Antipov #25 Wed 17 Aug 2005 08:26

Don't you use Photoshop to darken background? I can't believe! Your macros are really perfect!

cliff rosbotham #30 Wed 17 Aug 2005 10:55

Thank you Igor,
I angle the leading edge of the board into the light and adjust the curtains allowing only a shaft of light to fall on the flowers, background takes care of itself, shutter speeds are normally 1/4 to 1/2 second and ev is usually f.4. White balance set to cloudy and ev compensation at +0.7 noise reduction on.
kind regards
cliff

Nuno Milheiro #12 Wed 17 Aug 2005 00:36

Beautiful composition and presentation!
Excellent colours and detail!

Regards