The Red Flower close up series

[Viathelens]

Went somewhere the other day and saw these red flowers by a parking lot. I returned later on with my camera. The red flowers on the bush were really popping due to a cloudy sky so I was able to get the full rich redness of the flower. I used Black in processing to deepen the color as I wanted. Nikon D850 and the Nikon macro 105mm. I took various shots with two different cameras. On the third shot, in PS, I put a layer behind the flower to give it a painterly look as I like to do that at times.

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[Bigmo]

Very nice.

 

[Charles Loy]

Nice photography

 

[Bill M]

Nice presentation. Good colors.

 

[JAS]

Well done. Red can be a harder color to photograph as it has a tendency to oversaturate the sensor if you are not careful on capture. I found the ispecially true underwater but also with some of the more intense red blooms.

 

[Viathelens]

Well done. Red can be a harder color to photograph as it has a tendency to oversaturate the sensor if you are not careful on capture. I found the ispecially true underwater but also with some of the more intenered blooms.

Yes, I agree with that statement, you can also throw yellow and orange in that same category. It was a cloudy day with only a small degree of light coming through so the red flowers were very naturally saturated. Could still be difficult if I ever printed it. I'd use LrC proof print and actually print a small proof...it is easy to blow out red. I did check the red tone curve to ensure nothing was blown out. Always a challenge.

 

[RichF]

Great series. I really the first shot