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Michael West

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The Calla Lily: a small collection
« on: November 20, 2015, 12:06:56 am »


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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2015, 10:50:51 am »

Beautifully composed. Perhaps incorrectly,  I think of calla lilies as being white, yet the one here shows up as a value of grey too near neutral. Higher exposure may just knock out the highlights, so raising the shadows in concert with raising highlights might just add that bit of brightness I think these photos need.
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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2015, 03:35:15 pm »

Beautifully composed. Perhaps incorrectly,  I think of calla lilies as being white, yet the one here shows up as a value of grey too near neutral. Higher exposure may just knock out the highlights, so raising the shadows in concert with raising highlights might just add that bit of brightness I think these photos need.

they were both captured under fairly low light conditions but I wouldnt say that the processing is finalized as yet.

this image was among the first that I made under similar conditions at the same location.


the geometry in this image has to be my favorite
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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2015, 03:37:59 pm »

To do this well is very hard, congratulations!
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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2015, 07:53:48 am »

Wonderful shapes and great B&W conversion. A small collection but an excellent collection!
Bravo
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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2015, 11:06:24 am »

 
drmike and francois

Thank you very much.
 
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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2015, 02:15:00 pm »

A gorgeous set of images. I agree with Terry that it is worth a lot of effort to bring the processing to perfection.
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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2015, 12:06:12 am »

A gorgeous set of images. I agree with Terry that it is worth a lot of effort to bring the processing to perfection.

Thanks

Im still going through hundreds of folders from  older drives and found another lily  image from  April 28, 2007 .

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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2015, 04:59:19 pm »

The first two are good, but the latter couple strike me much more (maybe because they are "less flower" and "more abstract" and therefore a better testimonial for the concepts of beauty and elegance).
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Re: The Calla Lily: a small collection
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2015, 04:09:42 pm »

The first two are good, but the latter couple strike me much more (maybe because they are "less flower" and "more abstract" and therefore a better testimonial for the concepts of beauty and elegance).

Thank you.
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