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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Mikes on April 19, 2016, 16:17:09

Title: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: Mikes on April 19, 2016, 16:17:09

...on the western fringe of Kyoto. Photographed at the end of the day - Nikon Ais 35/1.4 @ f1.4.

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: stenrasmussen on April 19, 2016, 16:23:09

Lovely...delicate and perky. I like this!

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: elsa hoffmann on April 19, 2016, 17:49:25

Beautiful blossoms
cant help but think a little more light on the blossoms wouldnt have hurt

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: Mikes on April 20, 2016, 04:15:04

Thanks for commenting, Sten and Elsa.

Elsa - thanks for your suggestion. The light was quite poor, but I reprocessed using the Huelight (high) camera profile in CC2015 (instead of PN), and managed to get a bit more light on the blossoms (and cooled it down a bit). This came at the cost of more obvious halos over the background mountains.

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: elsa hoffmann on April 20, 2016, 06:59:01

So true what you say - often processing is at the cost of something.

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: Akira on April 21, 2016, 04:47:12

Nice atmospheric shot, Mike!

I personally like the original edit in which the darkish-blueish light of the end of a day is well captured.

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: s.smith on April 21, 2016, 11:20:32

Terrific shots well composed. Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: Mikes on April 21, 2016, 14:47:27

Thanks for commenting, Akira and s.smith.

Akira - I think that I prefer version 1, but with the reds of the spent lotus cooled a fraction. What do you think?

Mike.

Title: Re: Apricot blooms and spent lotus, Arashiyama...
Post by: Akira on April 21, 2016, 14:55:24

Quote from: Mikes on April 21, 2016, 14:47:27

Thanks for commenting, Akira and s.smith.

Akira - I think that I prefer version 1, but with the reds of the spent lotus cooled a fraction. What do you think?

Mike.

Well, I think that would depend on the time of the day you took the image.  The slightly cooler tone could be more appropriate for the later hours.  I might even want to darken the exposure a wee bit.