Anthony,
These are great shots with lovely detail especially in #2 and the first one is a real beauty.
You done Gooooooooood.
Martin
Appreciate the kind words Martin...... I did try to apply myelf on these as I"m not a floral guy per say. Took some changing of thought process and the weather conditions were a real bear. So took more thought and trial and error. It was a fun excersize !!
Ant you did real well with these, I waited to get home so that I could see them better. 1&4 for me, 1 wins out becase 4 looks overcooked and the center is out of focus but other than those nits I love the shot.
You really got to get off the self defacing titles shtick dude.
Tim
Hey Thanks Tim. Glad you liked them. If you read the beginning of the post you'll see that wind and fog were a real problem. So I was pretty limited with aperture to keep SS up. I used flash on all shots but I was pretty maxed out on everything to keep the shutter up. Glad you liked a few of them. I think I'll pick a sunnier day to try again. It's a long drive just for flowers >>>> I was in the area and decided even with bad conditions I'd give it a go.
The Titles.......... Geeze everyone is on my titles............ I'm just being my usual self..... Consider it Modesty
Ant! Magnificient compositions!
Excuse me a second while I comment on your title. Dick Gregory made a comment concerning the meaning of "massacre". He mentioned that while in the struggle of our Native Americans against the "white eyes", when the Cavalry won it was a great victory and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
For your subject title I propose this; "When Ant photographs a subject he massacres the external influences(wind, clouds, fog..et al) exerted upon his subject to create a work of art!" How's that
Dan
"When Ant photographs a subject he massacres the external influences(wind, clouds, fog..et al) exerted upon his subject to create a work of art!" How's that
Thanks Dan, I knew he messed up that title! Based on this title my worthless review as follows:
#1 Great color depth, non-existent feel of flash, love the form of this flower,the light streak in the BG actually seems to be a beam from the flower, nice touch Ant
#2 Pretty if I can say that to you, Cosmo flower, great rich pink and yellow only slightly suffering from the oof foreground petals
#3 All the right efforts made, just the subject and BG doesn't please me on this one
#4 Flash looks good, gave good form to these petals, pretty flower, would like to see a slightly tighter crop on the top.
#5 Again a pretty cosmo, perhaps just a slight backing off to see the whole flower and let the green support it
Processing is wonderful, pleasing and not overdone IMO which is worthless. It would have been easy to say these are great, that they are, just the little nits for what they are worth to someone who called this a 'massacre'
Well brother Ant... I AM IMPRESSED... not that my opinion counts for anything... but these ALL are as good as it gets in the realm of flowerdom.
You've been sandbaggin on us, haven't ya?
Great comps on all... excellent exposure and luscious color.
All jokin aside... very well done.
Terry
Well Terry that's a great compliment coming from one of the Floral Masters
Your opinion most definitely counts as I do wish to improve. So i fyou see something you really think could improve the comp / shot please feel free to post it or PM it. It's a constant battle to improve with me And I'm kind of a stubborn old mule !! And a bit thick headed too.
They are all excellent pictures. A little patience and the right tools go a long way.
The first shot is simply awesome and I am not saying the others are not because I like them all.
Visual design and colors are excellent also.
In my book you did a fantastic job.
William Rodriguez
Miami, Florida.
These are all very nice . #1 is my fav. I haven't figured out the floral thing yet . Still trying though. John
Well I'm trying to figure it out right there with you John. This is my first serious attempt at flora. I'm a fur / feather guy But this was a good learning experience and it was fun.
brilliant photographs ..
the details and colours are suberb .. great results for a windy day .. !! ..
i've only been on this site for a day and its like a foreign country ... !!
i wanted to open your photographs but havent worked out how to ..
clicking on your posts isnt that helpful when you get a very small window and cant really tell if the post was started by you or you've just made a comment in it .. ??
also when i click on your website i still get the small window .. ??
anyway .. thankyou for your comment on my flowers and bees ..
some very amazing photographers in this site ..
Dang Anthony...or Floral King/Queen...or whatever you are being called these days, these are fantabulous! Great use of the flash, the detail, colors and comps are
dead on! Favs are 3 and 4, super work.
Ant! Magnificient compositions!
Excuse me a second while I comment on your title. Dick Gregory made a comment concerning the meaning of "massacre". He mentioned that while in the struggle of our Native Americans against the "white eyes", when the Cavalry won it was a great victory and when the Indians won it was a massacre.
For your subject title I propose this; "When Ant photographs a subject he massacres the external influences(wind, clouds, fog..et al) exerted upon his subject to create a work of art!" How's that
Dan
Hey I like that Dan !! I'll be having a meeting in my tepee next week on the massacre of Floral Hill I do try to have a little fun with my titles (Hopefully in good fun) Glad you liked the shots and great comment Dan
ARRRRGGHHH! More Flowers! Blech! Where's the carnage?
All nice and dainty and oh so floral guy like
The comp on #1 is too tight and you clipped the wings on #4. Whats up with that?
Zoom
arghhh ken don't ye make me walk da plank in retaliation of da floral shots arghhhh............ Well I'm just a dainty floral guy ken, Susan is calling me sister lately and I have been watching Oprah the past week..........
Sorry about that clipped wing........ But do ya see the sharpness of those TALONS !!
Thanks Ken
Ant
>>>> I was in the area and decided even with bad conditions I'd give it a go.
