Reflections

• plainoldme

  Member

  March 4, 2009 at 12:24 am

  So my obsession with flowers is in full swing right now, love getting some shots each day even though I don’t have time to leave the house between college work and everything else!
  Some of tonight’s efforts when I really should have been writing my stats report. Ah well :oops:

  

  

  

  
  Jasz_72

  Participant

  March 4, 2009 at 11:59 am

  i like No3 :D
  Alan Rossiter

  Participant

  March 4, 2009 at 12:44 pm

  I wouldn’t normally find the will to comment on flower shots – it just doesn’t appeal to me but these really stand out for me as exceptional. Did you use a torch to illuminate these? The narrow band of light gives the image something else different than most still life flower shots. I’m assuming the reflection is just that and not a post processing add-in and as a whole the set works perfectly.

  Alan

  EDIT – I saw your other post – marble and a torch…interesting!
  plainoldme

  Member

  March 4, 2009 at 1:27 pm

  Thanks Alan I really appreciate your comments!

  I finally found my niche, I really like interesting still lifes!

  Yeah this was the torch technique again, although not on a marble fireplace, this was on the kitchen table which is black glass. Worked out well too :)

  Really happy with some of these things, and it’s just so easy!
  Alan Rossiter

  Participant

  March 4, 2009 at 1:54 pm

  plainoldme wrote:

  and it’s just so easy!

  Sshhhh…it was as difficult as hell, right? :wink:
  plainoldme

  Member

  March 4, 2009 at 7:28 pm

  Oh yeah of course :oops:
  I’ve spent years perfecting this technique :oops: :lol:
  KWBarbs

  Participant

  March 4, 2009 at 11:10 pm

  I’ve tried mucking around with relfections for last months comp and it is not that easy – well for me anyway. I was havinf real trouble with lighting – these are very good and as pointed out work really well as a set.
  plainoldme

  Member

  March 5, 2009 at 8:25 am

  Thanks Kieran. Appreciate the comment!
  b318isp

  Participant

  March 5, 2009 at 1:40 pm

  Clever take on shooting flowers – and works very well.
  lousy

  Participant

  March 5, 2009 at 6:12 pm

  Lovely set Meaghan, and lovely delicate colours. Well done.

  Pat
  joes64

  Participant

  March 5, 2009 at 8:04 pm

  hi , the first image is the best for me. the composition works better !
  plainoldme

  Member

  March 6, 2009 at 5:09 pm

  Thanks everyone for comments. I can’t belive the amount of feedback and the reactions I’m getting from these!!
  Seoirse

  Member

  March 6, 2009 at 5:22 pm

  Great set of still-life pics there Ms O’Dowd!

  Btw, if you really get into this you could earn a bit of money by selling such images to stock picture libraries. I would suggest you do some research, but the beauty of these pics is that YOU create the light rather than hoping to chance upon it such as a landscaper has to do.

  Well done. :D
  plainoldme

  Member

  March 6, 2009 at 5:29 pm

  Thanks George! I had looked into micro stock and things like that before but… I don’t know it seems like a lot of hassle! Especially when most of them don’t pay out until you hit something like $100 in credits…
  fguihen

  Participant

  March 26, 2009 at 4:17 pm

  great shots! whats the torch technique?