Some Experiments

[Don Schaeffer]

Cedar Tree



Big Bushes



Flight of White Blooms

[GB1]

Don - Doing the fish eye thing now, huh? I like the angle and subject of the big bushes shot - why not try an HDR of this instead of the intense processing here? It may work out incredibly. I also like the bottom flower shot, but there's so little detail in the near petal (which is obviously the subject) that it leaves me feeling unfulfilled. Beautiful green leaves behind it though.

GB

[Don Schaeffer]

Fisheye lenses make exposure difficult when lighting is uneven across the frame. These are HDR type photos. I merged images with different color balances and color casts. I don't think it all worked but oh well. I'm retired. (lol)

[arne saknussen]

The third pic doesn't do much for me, it just seems blown out. But one & two are interesting, noting that they are experiments. I am seeing something i haven't quite seen before in these. So just keep pushing it.

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Arne

[gahspidy]

I would say the 1st and the 3rd i find appealing. There is a pleasing whimsy to the 1st because of the processing and nature of the fisheye distortion. The processing is over the top, but because of the caricature-like composition I think it meets its match.

I find the blown out petal in the 3rd attractive somehow. there is an ice milky soft quality about it and good sharpness on the center. Nicely composed as well.

The second image just feels flat with no vibrancy to its color (and there is much color there) or dynamic. It might work better if the sky were to be opened up to light as it is in the first.

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Gary. I agree about the3 second one. I made several versions, some with light sky. The sky was just blown out so I had to use radical measures.