[Mack]

Sorry I haven't been very active. I have been very busy in work for the last month and haven't been online very much.

Anyway, this is one I took couple of months ago. I have mixed feelings about it and would be interested to hear what you guys think.

 

[Will Watts]

I like the picture, but the colours are a bit dulled in it. It might look better if it was lightened, or the same picture again with more light on the flower. I think the petals would look nicer if they showed up as whiter.

 

[DonaldG]

A very nice macro - It does need the 'white point' to be adjusted with either levels or curves, just a smidgen.

Do you mind if I have a go?

EDIT: Welcome back.... :smile:

 

[WereBo]

A beautifully detailed photo Mack, but with the same comments about contrast. Perhaps a flash-gun pointing into the flower would have given the needed light (slaved to the camera's pop-up flash perhaps?).

As Donald says though, nothing that a minute or 2 of software editing can't cure :grin:

 

[DonaldG]

I just did a quick makeover in CS5

1) open the Levels pallet & set 0, 0.87 & 207.
2) make a duplicate layer
3) apply radius of 2.0 pixels of Gaussian blur to the top layer (don't worry about the 'blurry pic')
4) open the colour pallet (Ctrl+U) and add some saturation to the top layer, to taste :grin:
5) making sure that the top layer is still selected change its blend from 'normal' to 'colour'
6) flatten the two layers
7) crop at the rule of thirds wink
8) Save As... publish...

Done!

 

[Done_Fishin]

So where is it Don .. ??? Went to all he trouble of doing the job without letting us see your expert result ..

 

[Mack]

Yes Donald, Post it, I have no objection. I am going to give it a go now myself. We can compare later

Edit ->

 

[Done_Fishin]

To my aging ayes it looks like a great job .. no comparison to the original except the basic shape is there .. you most certainly gave it some life !! Well Done !!

 

[zuluclayman]

here's my edit for what it's worth - wasn't sure about the true colours so have left some greenish tinge to it - levels adjusted, saturation adjusted, rotated slightly and cropped

 

[zuluclayman]

another edit of the first edit using colour match > neutralise:

 

[DonaldG]

My take on it and with a tighter crop:

 

[DonaldG]

Personally, I prefer ZCM's :sad:

 

[Mack]

Personally, I prefer ZCM's :sad:

Agreed

Nice job too Donald, thanks for the tips.