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Stephen Bowden
{K:64141} 6/6/2004
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Linn, this is a gorgeous floral macro photo. I know it is not pink and I should perhaps reserve my judgement But I too would have been haunted if I had not commented ;-) Stunning detail Linn :-)
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Birthe Gawinski
{K:247} 6/6/2004
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I like this composition!
Great colours!
Birthe
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Kristina Kohut
{K:49990} 6/5/2004
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Amazingly beautiful composition, Linn! And colours so strong and vivid! My only suggestion would be to do something with background, but I see you have got many good comments about that, so I shut up! And it IS a really beautiful photo!
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Clifton Jones
{K:10688} 6/5/2004
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Perfect...very beautiful work...
Clifton....
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NN
{K:26787} 6/5/2004
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Excellent composition ... very beautiful work!
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Linn Currie
{K:24426} 6/5/2004
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Hi Neil
I am SO pleased to hear others comment on how I have improved. I can see it for myself, but also need that confirmation from my peers.
Most important thing though is that I enjoy learning and improving. Every shot that I now take, I think about. I still have stacks and stacks of images that I dump on the spot, but I remember the occasions where I would dump an entire card full of images, because they were such poor quality.
As for the wonderful help of Jeroen - yes, he is an absolute sweetie! I have a couple of UseFilm members that have taken me "under their wing" and without their critique, comments and advice, I would not have grown as much as what I did.
Thanks for taking the time commenting on my images Neil, and I hope that I will continue to surprise you :-))
Linn
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Maria Grazia Rapisarda
{K:15898} 6/5/2004
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Uno splendido lavoro Linn!!Excellent composition, very splendid colour, tones,light!!
Elegant presentation,great flower and the definition!!
Congrats!!
regard
Maria Grazia
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Linn Currie
{K:24426} 6/5/2004
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Hey Bill - now you are jumping the gun! In maybe 5 years' time I might get a foot in the door for EC, or even SC!! For now I just too chuffed having the two DF's on my portfolio :-)
Yeah, I suppose you are right in that you can take your time and shoot when you want, and as often as you want. You could also pick and choose which flower you want to shoot in the bunch - but then it means money out the pocket, and limited choices. Plus - you don't get that lovely outing to the nursery, and being outside amongst the flowers and plants for a couple of hours. That I am really missing!
Bill - if I am an inspiration to you and/or others - then heck my friend, you have just inspired ME more! Thank you for the kind words.
Linn
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Bill Webster
{K:1669} 6/5/2004
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Excellent work Linn! You continue to inspire with your wonderful images. Do I sense another "Editor's Choice"!??
Best Regards,
Bill
PS/ Sometimes buying the flowers is the better choice as you can have all the time in the world (well almost..)to shoot the way you want!
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Neil Dolman
{K:26883} 6/5/2004
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Hi Linn, really nice shot. I can see what you mean about the blacks but you are out of my league there so i can't comment. What i wanted to say is that i've enjoyed all your flower shots, some are better than others OK. But what i 'm really enjoying is watching your STEEP learning curve. With help from people like Jeroen (as in his comments here) you have really made huge progress and i'm very pleased for you. Keep it up - enjoy and catch you later.
PS: Thnaks for your commments on my Cinque Terre efforts.
Best wishes from Switzerland, Neil
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Linn Currie
{K:24426} 6/5/2004
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I feel SO rotten for having had such little time to view and comment on the beautiful images :-( Life is hectic at the Raglin household, with the little ones now running the house and causing all kinds of mayhem :-) I always encourage new kitten owners to visit their little one as often as possible, so that also intrudes on my computer time! Plus - that online tutorial is taking up plenty of time, having to practice and deliver assignments. This past week's lesson was just dreadful - I have absolutely NO artistic imagination and I battled to come up with some arty ideas (we were doing text and textures this week).
Even Robert has had no time to spend on UseFilm. He is now very busy with some contracts and deadlines, and the fun had to be put on the back burner.
Have a wonderful weekend Chris!
Linn
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 6/5/2004
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Beautiful floral once again, Linn!
The black background shouldn't be too difficult to select with the wand tool, then you can flood the selection with pure black.
Kind regards, Chris
P.S. I've enjoyed your recent uploads, as always, but missed seeing your kind comments!
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Guido Tweepenninckx
{K:20076} 6/4/2004
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ok Linn,I am still learning to work with ps,beginning to understand layers now etc...picking up tricks here and there on the internet.
http://www.pbase.com/sandman3/levels_adjustment_layer
Guido
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Linn Currie
{K:24426} 6/4/2004
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Thanks Guido - I am going to try Jeroen's advice tomorrow (when the brain is refreshed!) and see if I can get it right too.
G'Night
Linn
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Maria José Barres
{K:11276} 6/4/2004
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Great work your shot Linn! Regards.
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Guido Tweepenninckx
{K:20076} 6/4/2004
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nice flower Linn
did a gradient ps job on it and additional another trick
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Carolyn Wiesbrock
{K:14051} 6/4/2004
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Simply put..excellent work!
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Linn Currie
{K:24426} 6/4/2004
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Jeroen you sweetie! :-)
Thanks for the tips and examples. I will be trying that on a similar image tomorrow. Also just to let you know that I am not using any kind of lighting, other than natural light (I shot these images on the front porch). The idea of making a "L" shaped reflected/background board is great - I could even make a "U" shape one? I got the material handy, so it will be no expense. Actually, it must be funny watching me shoot these images because I move the table and board around the porch as the sun gets higher :-))
Linn
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Linn Currie
{K:24426} 6/4/2004
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Hello again Gerry :-)
We are now in our Winter and the nurseries are bare of any colours :-( I now have to resort to buying flowers for new images and am getting kind of tired of the old black artboard I'll have to come up with something else soon!
So ... don't know what the next image will be like!
G'Night
Linn
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Teunis Haveman
{K:53426} 6/4/2004
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Linn, WOW, beautiful Lly
Great compositie and lighting
Teunis
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 6/4/2004
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very beautiful Lily....
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Gerry Pacher
{K:7303} 6/4/2004
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Dear Linn, it's well captured and I like this strong colors.
By the way, I also use the techniq which Jeroe mentioned and it's easy and works well.
I'm looking forward to see your next composition ;-)
Have a nice evening.
Gerry
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Jeroen Krol
{K:3085} 6/4/2004
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Ohh Linn,
I forgtot to tell you the 5-seconds-only trick, coming from the 'You allways wanted to know...' book.
I posted the result and here's the trick:
(Start!)
In PS, use the Magic Wand tool. I had the Tolerance on '32', click the tool somewhere in the brightest black area. This will select all blackes and not the flower. Then open up Levels and adjust the left Output Levels box to the right, so that all blacks become black, pure black.
Stop the time! 4 secs 55/100th
Sounds difficult, it's not, just try...
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Jeroen Krol
{K:3085} 6/4/2004
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Ohh Linn,
I forgtot to tell you the 5-seconds-only trick, coming from the 'You allways wanted to know...' book.
I posted the result and here's the trick:
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Jeroen Krol
{K:3085} 6/4/2004
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Linn,
trying to help you see what's happening with the black, from this side of the world (fantastic, isn't it?)
Have a look at the adjusted image I posted here. What I did was opening the Levels tool in PS (Image->Adjustments->Levels or Ctrl-L)
Then, out of the three Input Level boxes, I moved the middle one to the right. This makes visible what's black and what's not (and I mean 'pure black')
Now, as you can see, the lower part at the right hand side is almost pure black, while the upper part at the left hand side is not. This also is the side where the light is coming from.
So, what happens in the real world? The (NASA?) light that you are using in this photo is messing up your blacks. Solution is to prevent the light from shining on your black background, while keeping it to shine on your flowers.
The way to arrange that is hard to tell from here :-) but maybe you could add some black material (probably the same stuff as your background) at the left, so that it turns out the be like an 'L' seeing from above and rotated 90degr clockwise.
Hmm, am I still making sense???
Of course, this should not be visible on the photo.
Another option could be to move the background a bit further away from the flower and camera and still fill the frame. I guess, the light fall off could help you this way.
I'm sure there is some help to be found on Internet, for example sites that show how to shoot portraits while using these kind of backgrounds.
Good luck and have fun while trying,
Jeroen
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Rawabi Al-Nuaimi
{K:15659} 6/4/2004
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lol.. I also got a lilly with the rose.. but the pinkish one (its my fav..)! ;-)
i love the colors.. very gorgeous :)
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