Not a whole lot to say here. Most of the morning, I carried two cameras ready to go. One was the 50D with the 24-70 and the other was the 30D with the Lensbaby. I added the soft focus optic for this image. Processing was done with Nik filters – Viveza 2 to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation and structure; Glamour Glow filter in Color Efex Pro; and then, at the last second, I decide to add a bit of sharpening with Sharpener Pro. The sharpening added more detail to the petals while leaving the halos characteristic of the soft focus optic intact. I kinda liked the result.
Beautiful colors, and I love how the background drops away to black – it really makes the flowers stand out. I especially like the two green unopened buds in the bottom of the frame… it looks as though they are very alive.
Really pretty Ed. The dark background really pops the vibrant colors. I might think about editing the stem out in the upper right….what do you think?
Pop art orchids? Bright colors, for sure.
Simply stunning. I love to isolate beautiful bright flowers in front of a very dark background like this. This is a gorgeous photo of some elegant flowers.
You are the person who inspired me to try motion blur photography. I posted an image this morning on my site and if you have a minute I would love to have you stop by and look at it and give me some HONEST thoughts on it and any hints on how to make it better.
Meanwhile I will keep coming back for more inspiration from your beautiful work.
Scott
These are beautiful. They could easily be mistaken to be designed colorful glass with the skill you produced with your processing.
This is stunningly beautiful bringing out a long ahhhhhh! Detailed and soft and oh so natural. I like the composition with the flowers stacked up and the colors truly are magnificent. Wow!
That certainly is a terrific image!
Wonderful image and subject Ed !!
Very nice colours and excellent wok with separating the group of blossoms from the background. I like the soft, almost glowing feel. I feel it a bit tight at the bottom but that’s only minor nit, not preventing my eyes from enjoying the beauty of the blossoms.