Pink blossom

[Amy Earl]

My mom had these flowers growing in her garden this year. They're called spider flowers or pink queen (Cleome hassleriana). This was taken at the beginning of September. I've had these pictures lying around and I didn't know what I wanted to do with them as far as processing. Flowers make attractive subjects in the moment but I find I quickly get bored looking at them later. I find the need to try something out of the ordinary or artistic with it because otherwise I feel like anyone could have taken the photo with their phone or whatever. So I tried this - a desaturated matte version cropped in close on one section of the petals. I like the soft dreamy layers and variety of muted colors. C&C welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice

 

[JimFox]

This does have a very nice and dreamy look. I think artistic is cool, but now a days almost any photo we take could have been taken with an iphone. The real difference comes in resolution, low light with noise and what can be done with it in regards to print or enlargement. I think it's fun sometimes to try artistic processing when the image doesn't perhaps inspire us as it is.

 

[AlanLichty]

Your processing emphasizes exactly why you can do better with your camera. iPhone shots can look quite nice but they have very limited latitude for interesting processing like what you show here. I do shoot lots of iPhone images simply because its the camera that is always in my pocket but find that the images fall apart in processing compared to what I get with my DSLR.

 

[Amy Earl]

Nice

Thanks!

This does have a very nice and dreamy look. I think artistic is cool, but now a days almost any photo we take could have been taken with an iphone. The real difference comes in resolution, low light with noise and what can be done with it in regards to print or enlargement. I think it's fun sometimes to try artistic processing when the image doesn't perhaps inspire us as it is.

True, but can you really get the depth of field / background blur with a phone? I know the nicer ones do come equipped with pretty nice cameras now, not that I've owned one.

Your processing emphasizes exactly why you can do better with your camera. iPhone shots can look quite nice but they have very limited latitude for interesting processing like what you show here. I do shoot lots of iPhone images simply because its the camera that is always in my pocket but find that the images fall apart in processing compared to what I get with my DSLR.

Thanks Alan. Agreed. What fun is photography if you can't play with RAW processing?

 

[Douglas Sherman]

A great flower image never gets boring, Amy. Nice job here.

 

[Amy Earl]

Thanks @Doug!