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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Garden Tree Flower in St Lucia, Caribbean


This shrub was outside our hotel room. I was particularly interested in the delicate texture and pastel colours of the petals. I have adjusted the image to bring out these features as they might have been captured in a painting (inspired by some painted plates I have, depicting orchids).

The framing had them facing the edge of the frame, giving little scope for composition so I went for a tight, square crop.

E-P2, probably Kiron 70-150, sunlight, hand-held.

[Edit] Some artifacts have been introduced into the previously-clean image by further processing. This has been corrected in the version posted in the second reply below.[Edit ends]

Harold






Edited on Aug 17, 2014 at 10:49 AM · View previous versions



Aug 17, 2014 at 05:47 AM
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A nice subject, Harold, and its a nice comp.

The image does suffer from compression artifacts or over processing, though.



Aug 17, 2014 at 07:23 AM
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coder wrote:
A nice subject, Harold, and its a nice comp.

The image does suffer from compression artifacts or over processing, though.


Thanks Coder. I forgot to allow for the final processing being on a JPEG, rather than the usual TIFF. I have cleaned up the JPEG distortion in the version below.

Harold



© Harold Gough 2014




Aug 17, 2014 at 07:35 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Garden Tree Flower in St Lucia, Caribbean


That is much better.


Aug 17, 2014 at 07:38 AM
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coder wrote:
That is much better.


Yes. It's a long time since I worked on a JPEG. A senior moment!

Harold



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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Garden Tree Flower in St Lucia, Caribbean


The exact plate which inspired me was purchased in a collection which was offered as orchid images. There was a stowaway, by far the most valuable plate, featuring Irises:

http://glassmenagerie.com/aos_online_store.html?details=10594&pcount=10594&ca_id=3758

Harold



Aug 17, 2014 at 07:57 AM





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