Lotus

[plchung]

It's time for lotus to blossom again in HK. All thoughts and comments are welcome.

Cheers,

Alex

[PhotoGimp]

Interesting effect! I like the second and last ones the best! How did you give it that warm blurr?

[jar_e]

The second last one is perfect! Looks like they're glowing! Great affect and a great composition!

Well done,

Jared

[Piet]

I like all of them. A real mystical atmosphere about all of them.
Piet

[thapamd]

Beautiful PS work. It kinda looks like the flowers were blowing in the wind and you used a longish shutter speed.

[plchung]

Thanks thapamd, Piet, jar_e, and PhotoGimp for your generous comments. Here are some technical notes which you may be interested in.

Camera: EOS33
Film: RVP (expired).

Basically I am using double-exposure to create this effect. I took the first shot with all subjects out-focued and the second shot with the lotus in focus. I also tried to shot twice with different focuses on different lotuses.

Cheers,

Alex

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Alex,
Beautiful shots! The chosen exposure technique is very appropriate for the subject.
yoyo