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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · B&W sunflower


I shot this image with my infrared camera and a macro lens. I intended to process it to a surreal color image, but I found that it might be more appealing for a B&W conversion. Here it is. Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.



© Henry Nguyen 2015




Oct 13, 2015 at 02:42 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · B&W sunflower


Excellent clarity and detail


Oct 13, 2015 at 03:38 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · B&W sunflower


Love it... sharp (almost too sharp!) and good composition. You still have sunflowers? They've been gone for weeks and weeks in my climate.

keith



Oct 13, 2015 at 04:07 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · B&W sunflower


Love it....We still have some around, but then again living in Canada's banana belt we get spoiled..


Oct 13, 2015 at 04:31 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · B&W sunflower


Thanks Ben, Keith, and mxwizard1 for positive feedbacks.
@Keith: I still have lots of the sunflowers in my frontyard. I planted them late 2 months ago, most of them are in full bloom now and perhaps will still be beautiful during early fall.



Oct 13, 2015 at 04:43 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · B&W sunflower


well done
I would never have known this was IR and not just an excellent BW conversion
Scott



Oct 13, 2015 at 06:09 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · B&W sunflower


Very nicely done, Henry!

Have you got any more space to expand this a little?

For my eyes, I'd prefer a little more balance in the lower-left corner which would also play up the radial pattern of the petals. For this crop to work best I think some expansion from the upper-right corner would be appropriate.

Cheers!

Jeff







Oct 14, 2015 at 01:14 PM
rongwam
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · B&W sunflower


Thanks Jeff! It looks more balanced in your edit.
I would prefer not to include more of the upper right corner since it will show the background.



Oct 14, 2015 at 02:33 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · B&W sunflower


rongwam wrote:
Thanks Jeff! It looks more balanced in your edit.
I would prefer not to include more of the upper right corner since it will show the background.


Roger that! Definitely don't want background, just more petal.

Jeff



Oct 15, 2015 at 07:27 AM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · B&W sunflower


No idea why you would want to eliminate the beautiful colors. JMO.


Oct 17, 2015 at 01:06 AM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · B&W sunflower


I dig on B&W, but I think I'm with Tony on this one ... mono doesn't seem to be suiting it well for me. It kinda strikes me as a technical / clinical image, rather than a "lovely" one. Maybe a change in contrast rendering or but it just looks kinda "stark" ... which, imo doesn't quite harmonize the perception of the subject.

Would like to see the color version for comp.



Oct 17, 2015 at 08:12 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · B&W sunflower


Definitely see what you were aiming for here! Small changes make the worlds difference!


Oct 18, 2015 at 10:38 PM





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