Tulips

[PeterN]

What do you do when you have to stay indoors. Well, one solution is to take photos of flowers. Here are a few I recently took. I am still in "test mode" and comparing various lenses with the Nikon Z7. So a real shoot will follow later.  One thing I noticed is that PS did a good job in stacking photos of watches but is terrible in stacking flower photos. Nevertheless I did not really take the time to use Zerene Stacker for this.









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[Fons Baerken]

Did you use flash or extra lights, Peter.

[Erik Lund]

I like the mood on the first one! Emotional

[Akira]

I also like the first two images of multiple tulips.  They surely have some inviting character and atmosphere.

[PeterN]

Thank you!

Fons: I used three flashes, 2 with soft boxes. Thought about continuous light but decided to opt for flash. Unfortunately I was not patient enough to get really soft light so I may switch to  continuous light next time. BTW: I used a polariser to intensify the colours.

I also shot with a white background to convert to monochrome:

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#2


#3



The last one differently processed:

#4


And a different processing for the ones with black background:

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#6


And grey background:

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#8



What do you think what works and what does not?

[Fons Baerken]

I certainly like the monchromes.

[ColinM]

I love the overal tones and the foliage in the bunch of yellow tulips Peter.

I wonder how much the polariser affected things in the overall mix? Fascinating series, inc the mono ones

[PeterN]

Thank you.
I did not make a direct comparison in this case, but the polarizer intensifies colors and reduces reflections. It works especially well withthe 85mm pc-e lens.
I will post a direct comparison when our house is ‘refilled’ with fowers

[pluton]

I like the mood on the first one! Emotional

The first one has an excellent combo of light on subject and photo process.

[Jakov Minić]

Peter, you are making the most of staying at home. Do continue as i am enjoying your series.

[PeterN]

Keith, Jakov, and otters: thans hou for your kind words.

Perhaps everyone interested could use this tnread to post photos of tulips?

[Akira]

The first three sepia ones in the monochrome series are simply brilliant!  What an exquisite rendition!

[pluton]

The warm tone  ("sepia" is usually much more towards a chocolate brown) ones really show off the shapes of the subject well, except the 'differently processed' #4, who's dropped tones take away the feeling of detail and definition.
The warm tone ones are more pleasurable to look at than the neutral toned ones.

[PeterN]

Thank you Keith and Akira for your feedback and kind words.

[Akira]

The warm tone  ("sepia" is usually much more towards a chocolate brown) ones really show off the shapes of the subject well, except the 'differently processed' #4, who's dropped tones take away the feeling of detail and definition.
The warm tone ones are more pleasurable to look at than the neutral toned ones.

Thank you, Keith, for correction.  So the tone of the very last one is more like "sepia"?