Flowers Anyone?

[Jim Galli]

4x5 Portra 400 and Aero Ektar @f2.5:

Really different and gorgeous. Bravo!

[Renato Tonelli]

Beautiful, truly beautiful images...

[Zaitz]

Excellent image! Great use of the AE.

Jonathan

Yes, nicely done.

outstanding ... clap clap clap...

Really different and gorgeous. Bravo!

Thanks for the comments! It was just a b&w developer test that I decided to waste 2 sheets of Portra on! Shows me, again, there is more around my backyard than I ever 'see'.

[buggz]

This is super great!

4x5 Portra 400 and Aero Ektar @f2.5:

[David Brunell]

Thanks for the comments! It was just a b&w developer test that I decided to waste 2 sheets of Portra on! Shows me, again, there is more around my backyard than I ever 'see'.

Best waste of portra I have ever seen!

[Zaitz]

This is super great!

Thanks!

Best waste of portra I have ever seen!

Thank you . What I meant was I wasn't really thinking it'd turn out too well. Just kind of set it up and decided to see how it'd look in color. Good thing because the b&w fails imo. No separation of the elements.

[cjbroadbent]

Zaitz, I wish I could fathom what make the flowers so emotionaly appealing. The same for your dark leaves on the other thread. It's quite a humbling experience.

[JLS]

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[Old-N-Feeble]

4x5 Portra 400 and Aero Ektar @f2.5:

I don't usually care much for Aero Ektar images but I do like this one... a lot. I really like the creamy subtle color contrasts.

[Zaitz]

Zaitz, I wish I could fathom what make the flowers so emotionaly appealing. The same for your dark leaves on the other thread. It's quite a humbling experience.

I really appreciate that, thank you! Even though I've never been particularly enamored with flowers I've always sought them out as subjects just because they seem easily appealing and hard to make appalling!

I don't usually care much for Aero Ektar images but I do like this one... a lot. I really like the creamy subtle color contrasts.

Thanks. I am drawn to the upper left flower even though it is completely out of focus. That bit of sharpness seems to give the photo the grounded base it needs but I find the out of focus portions almost the subject over the sharp flower. The way the creamy pastel tones shift from one to another is what I like about it. Will have to try and take that further this weekend, hopefully successfully.