OCOLOY Day 311: Winter Roses by vignouse

OCOLOY Day 311: Winter Roses

Neither a busy day nor a rainy day are conducive to to picture taking... and certainly not when they coincide! Happily, Mrs S received another bouquet on Friday so I was able to practice my soft-focus skills with the aim of producing a dreamy effect. I'm not displeased with this result, especially when viewed on black.

As usual, the image is SOOC and is part of my ongoing OCOLOY project - you can read more about it in my profile.
I love the detail on the right flower - and the dreamy feel
November 6th, 2016  
Nice. A dose of "negative clarity" is often a quick way to add "softness" especially to B&W. I see from an earlier comment on anther shot that you must be shooting raw and bringing them into Lightroom for some tone adjustment.
November 6th, 2016  
@frankhymus That was my Project 52 shot from yesterday that I tweaked in LR but all my Ocoloy images are the out of camera Jpegs loaded straight from the SD card to the relevant 'My Pictures' folder on my PC; and all of my Ocoloy images this year have been shot with the same camera settings.
November 6th, 2016  
Oh, OK. Already in-camera produced jpegs do not respond well to "clarity" adjustments and extra "sharpening" anyway. Sorry for my misunderstanding.
November 6th, 2016  
Very nice flowers. I like the SOOC idea. Very brave.
November 6th, 2016  
Soft focus or not I am very envious of Mrs. S. Love that you keep pushing your own envelope.
November 7th, 2016  
Wow, Mrs. S. gets nice gifts.
November 7th, 2016  
Lovely shot, pov
November 7th, 2016  
@joansmor @randystreat
Indeed! 2 Beautiful bouquets in 3 weeks from motor concession.
November 7th, 2016  
@s4sayer @randystreat @joansmor But we did buy two new cars... it would have been much cheaper to have bought the bouquets! But I did get a couple of 365 shots as a bonus... and neither of us have taken a photo of Mrs S's car yet ;-))
November 7th, 2016  
@s4sayer @vignouse I need to talk to the dealer next time all they offer me is coffee.
November 7th, 2016  
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