More bougies tonight. Two crazy days in a row has left little time, but I did brave the rain this evening and catch this guy all wet. Turned out much better than I thought. I've read that flowers in the rain turned out really nice, but I couldn't imagine that because that means no sun filtering thru the petals. And to me, that meant no real light and made no sense at all. But I do see where this light is actually still pleasing.
So this is my first shot in the rain. CRITIQUES WELCOME AND EVEN REQUESTED!
Thanks so much! And I will get back tomorrow and look at everyone's pics. I love looking at everyone's photos, and I know I've missed some gorgeous shots.
Nice rich colors. I'm able to just make out some droplets on the petals. Nice image!
(And only because specifically requested: More exposure might show off the rain droplets better. In the tough lighting situation you were stuck with, using some fill flash might generate a few sparkles and reflections)
interesting how the rain made this look totally different from the translucent petals yesterday. Some times I thing I've already photographed something but this is a good reminder to experiment in different lighting conditions.
Beautiful colours and apart from the above critique, what I would have done would be to crop out the red part flowers at the very top left and left side of the picture and then the focus would be on the main area because your eye is drawn to those instead of the main flowers. Hope that is helpful.
Lovely light, the rain adds a different dimension to shots of flowers. I don't think that I have anything to add, I think @onewing Babs nailed it (as usual :) As long as you shoot in RAW then you can easily adjust all of these parameters.
Well, done. I remember when I first started shooting with out much light and was amazed. I actually like this one better. I find I see what I am focusing on and miss little things around the edges that end up being distracting.
@allred3 That's exactly what I thought yesterday, Mary Lou. I'm glad I went ahead and shot it anyway. I hesitated to post it again, but then I thought about how much I've enjoyed Kane's @karlow75 canola fields, so decided to do the same!
@onewing You're right, Babs. I didn't even think about that. I've now done that, and it does look better. How do you upload a photo to the comments section?
@joansmor Thanks Joan. I always avoid high ISO because my little Rebel rebels and returns such a grainy picture. I've recently read that you can turn on a custom function that compensates for that, which I did for this one, but it still ends up a bit grainy. Hmph.
@shesnapped sorry can't help you there, I didn't know you could upload a photo to the comments section. I think you can post a link, but not sure about a photo.
@shesnapped I think I am a bit slow tonight and may have figured what you meant by uploading a photo to the comments section. Do you mean - If you wanted to link yesterday's bouganvillia picture here in the comments page you go to the picture in question and at the top of the page you will have the link. you left click on the link to highlight it then right click and select copy then go to this page and the comments section and make the comment and then right click and paste the link like this. http://365project.org/shesnapped/365/2014-09-07
Is that what you meant? You can then click on the link and it will take you to the picture in question. Hope that is what you meant and hope you understand my explanation.
@onewing That's probably the solution, Babs. I've seen pictures in the comments on the discussion boards and wanted to do that here. Guess not. I'll post it again and paste the link.
(And only because specifically requested: More exposure might show off the rain droplets better. In the tough lighting situation you were stuck with, using some fill flash might generate a few sparkles and reflections)
Is that what you meant? You can then click on the link and it will take you to the picture in question. Hope that is what you meant and hope you understand my explanation.