Light blue flowers, like velvet in the sun.
This was framed well. There are a whole bunch more flowers on the left and below, a dark plant on the right, and deep turquoise sky above. It wasn’t quite like that in reality, but I changed the color of the sky and made the flowers lighter in Photoshop, by manipulating curves on the a and b channels in the Lab colorspace.
These flowers are near bldg. 300 at Daytona State College. I had to sit near the ants on the sidewalk while pointing my camera up to get this shot. I tried one with the flowers in the background, but preferred a lower angle with the clear blue sky as the setting.
Canon Rebel XTi, EF 28-135mm, 1/1000, F5.6, 135mm, ISO100, 2008-11-21T12:52:09-05, 20081121-175209rxt
Location: Daytona State College, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Please credit me as Richard Thripp.
It’s true, then, Thripps thrive on flowers! Your skills are apparent, the flowers are immersed in the same colorspace as the sky. I enjoyed it a whole lot better when I saw it in a larger size. Then, one is drawn into the ambiance and not just standing outside the frame looking in. Cool, pale, spring. Nice.