Photo: The Sibling Flowers
By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-06-15T07:44:48Z in Photography. 145 words.
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A pair of flowers; one white, one deep red. I shot this at the garden section at Wal-Mart; the flowers were already close together, but I moved them closer. It’s a good combination. I got as close as my lens would focus to cut out the background.
Canon Rebel XTi [2], EF 50mm 1:1.4 [3], 1/125, F3.5, 50mm, ISO400, 2008-05-04T18:54:55-04, 20080504-225455rxt
Source image [4]. I under-exposed compared to my camera’s meter on purpose, as it was blowing out the whites in the auto-exposure mode. In Photoshop, I desaturated everything, but left color in the red flower and a bit of green in the leaves. I didn’t go all the way to black and white, as I feel the green adds to the mood. Then, it was just a matter of darkening everything and adding in some contrast. I also cloned out distracting highlights at the top and burned the corners slightly.
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[1] Image: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/files/photos/the-sibling-flowers.jpg
[2] Canon Rebel XTi: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000I3ZCWU/brilliaphotog-20
[3] EF 50mm 1:1.4: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009XVCZ/brilliaphotog-20
[4] Source image: http://richardxthripp.thripp.com/source-the-sibling-flowers-433
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