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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: wmchauncey on March 04, 2015, 07:06:57 pm

Title: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: wmchauncey on March 04, 2015, 07:06:57 pm

Does it work with this orchid?

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/orchid-water-color-copy.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/orchid-water-color-copy.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: RSL on March 04, 2015, 08:07:08 pm

Why not use watercolors if that's what you're after?

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: Arlen on March 05, 2015, 12:27:42 pm

It seems a little too contrasty to me to be taken as a watercolor, but it's a nice image nevertheless.

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: wmchauncey on March 05, 2015, 01:23:33 pm

Reprocessed version...

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/softer-orchid-copy.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/softer-orchid-copy.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: Bob_B on March 06, 2015, 10:08:41 am

I very much like the first version. It seems to be a pen and ink style, like some of the paintings of flowers found in old books. The second version (on my uncalibrated monitor) looks pinkish and not as pleasing as the first. In either case: nice phal!

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: wmchauncey on March 06, 2015, 11:42:48 am

Myself...I like the first one more better.      ;D

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: elliot_n on March 06, 2015, 01:45:12 pm

The water-colour concept doesn't work with the hard shadows of on-camera flash.

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: wmchauncey on March 06, 2015, 05:14:02 pm

Aah...no flash was used.

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: elliot_n on March 06, 2015, 05:49:57 pm

Sorry, my mistake. What's the light source? The sun?

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: wmchauncey on March 06, 2015, 07:42:26 pm

numerous 100 watt equivalent LED clamp on lights.

Title: Re: Wanted a water color appearance
Post by: elliot_n on March 06, 2015, 08:20:07 pm

Ok. One of those lights is right above camera, where on-camera flash would be. This is what gives the picture an on-camera flash look. Nothing wrong with that (it's my favourite style of lighting), but it's a very 'photographic' look, and this works against getting a painterly appearance. IMO.