On 4/6/2011 12:43 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Jim, those are beautiful.
Agreed!
> . . .
> In this picture, the flowers have a slightly faded look to them which
> cuts down the color density a bit. Cranking up the saturation would
> screw up the rest of the photo, unfortunately. But in this case, with
> the sun shining on them that way, a polarizer turned to remove the sun
> glare on the petals might work. Spritzing them with water/glycerin can
> give them some life too, but then you end up with the wet look.
>
> I'd also be tempted to drag down the curves a touch in the lower-mid
> tones (Zone-III, Zone-IV), to give them a slight Velvia punch.
Or - one could perk them up in post.
<http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Nichols/RedDogwood.htm>
The last step is just for fun.
> I'm getting pretty antsy here in Iowa waiting for the flowering trees
> to do their thing. An uncle of my wife's has something like 800 acres
> of woodland and farmland in southern Iowa where he has planted
> hundreds of trees of various flowering and nut varieties. I'll be
> heading down there on either the 23rd or 30th to go photographing for
> a day.
Good luck with the timing.
Moose
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