JACK LARSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Front Roses
Posted by john4jack (Corvallis, Oregon, United States) on 29 June 2009 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
These roses in the entry area have lasted way longer than any of the other roses.
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LUMINOSITY - George DeWolfe in his fine book on B&W printing talks a lot about luminosity vs. luminance. It seems to me that the petals of yesterday's B&W flower had a luminous quality.
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FLASH - As the result of Saturday's workshop, I went absolutely bonkers yesterday experimenting with off camera fill flash. The only time I used a flash on camera was with a Ring Ray which I used for the first time. Will be using that off camera flash for Fiona's birthday Sunday afternoon.
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SILLY TUESDAY IS TOMORROW - Please have your Silly Tuesday shot ready to post.
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"Good photography speaks through silence." Anonymous
Yvonne Simons from Tilburg, Netherlands
We also have a lot of those roses here, they are beautiful!
29 Jun 2009 5:11am
Scott Schilling from San Martin, United States
The color on this image just pops and the clarity is awesome! Wonderful work Jack! I always appreciate your information also!
29 Jun 2009 5:58am
@Scott Schilling: Thanks, Scott.
Dulcie from Danville, United States
You've truly caught the essence of these lovely roses (that almost look like Dogwood).
29 Jun 2009 6:28am
Betty from New Jersey, United States
Nice composition, excellent details in the flowers. I love the color.
29 Jun 2009 9:44am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
I haven't seen this breed of roses, they're so dainty and beauty but mostly very, very welcoming, it's the way they open up to everything, I love this Jack...oh and I rememberd about tomorrow, so I'm on for Sillly Tuesday lol
29 Jun 2009 10:20am
Judy from Brooksville, Florida, United States
I thought dogwood at first glance also, but this old-fashioned rose is so beautiful!
PS: I'm "on" for ST also! :D
29 Jun 2009 11:12am
Luca Bobbiesi from Milano, Italy
very nice composition with the statue in the background
29 Jun 2009 12:19pm
B. Thomas from Arlington, Texas, United States
Beautiful shot of these roses with St. Francis (I think) in the back ground, but not stealing the show.
29 Jun 2009 12:26pm
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
Lovely and very beautiful composition with this background !
29 Jun 2009 1:21pm
Tracy from La Selva Beach, United States
Wonderful DoF, and such a clear shot of the roses!
29 Jun 2009 2:24pm
don from spokane, United States
A beautiful pictures of lovely blossoms. I like the setting background too. Nice one.
29 Jun 2009 3:13pm
@don: Thanks, Don.
MontereyJohn from Salinas, California, United States
Nice, look forward to your new stuff!
29 Jun 2009 3:18pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Beautiful composition and delicate colors.
29 Jun 2009 3:34pm
@Steve Rice: Thanks, Steve; I agree about the delicate colors.
Mathilde Collot from Fontainebleau, France
The light shape with an incredible load of this delicate roses.
I love the statue in the tone of the picture! Superb image!
29 Jun 2009 3:37pm
@Mathilde Collot: Thanks, Mathilde. The blurred statue made the photograph for me; I took a number of shots to get that effect.
Cricket from Alabama, United States
You sound excited and ready to go with all that you have learned. I have taken a couple of days off myself to take three courses in photography. SHHH....I do plan on getting a little bit creative for a while. Long past due I guess.
I will be working my way backwards once again to get caught up with all that I have missed. This is a great image. Plants have there own way of showing us where they are happy. Usually when we listen to them they will have a long life.
I look forward to seeing what you will be sharing with us. Don't forget to fill us in on the "how" of it all.
29 Jun 2009 3:54pm
@Cricket: Thanks, Tammy. What courses did you take? How did they go?
Anthony Morgan Lambert from Bielefeld(old Pembroke dock boy,Wales), Germany
The background really is the star of this shot,very well composed and great focus !!
29 Jun 2009 4:04pm
@Anna.C: Thanks, Anna; the zen part is a big compliment.
Ajay from Pune, India
Very different but very lovely flowers. Flowers are your favorite subject. Ain't they?
29 Jun 2009 5:03pm
@Ajay: Yep; if I never photographed anything but flowers, I would be happy.
@mo.langel: You said just the right words; merci, Mo.
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Those are very pretty. I love the smell of these.
I've been using flash off camera for a long time. It is really useful when flash is needed. I still prefer natural light but love to play with flash. Try high speed sync for some awesome shallow DoF images and dramatic portrait effects. The Nikon CLS is excellent for that.
29 Jun 2009 7:04pm
@Laurie: Thanks, Laurie. I will still use natural lighting most of the time. The fill flash and the Ring Ray will be used for dealing with unwanted shadows in flower shots. At Fiona's birthday party yesterday, I used a bunch of off camera flash, mainly for the experience.
Susan from Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States
Beautiful shot... I don't think I've ever seen roses that look like these !!! Nice catch, with the statue in the background....Looks like you have a beautiful yard!!!
29 Jun 2009 8:06pm
@Susan: Thanks, Susan; our yard is, indeed, gorgeous, a super-abundance of all kinds of flowers everywhere; it's been wave after wave of color.
MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom
These are very pretty little roses and such a georgous colour, they also look like they are thornless?
A really lovely shot.
29 Jun 2009 9:06pm
@MaryB: Thanks, Mary.
marc battault from clermont ferrand, France
nice mix of colors! jack
friendships!
29 Jun 2009 10:32pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
How beautiful! I like the statue in the background, looking on as those flowers pop right off the screen.
30 Jun 2009 4:15am
Sarah from Suisse, Switzerland
A lovely shot, Jack. The flowers themselves are beautiful but the statue really makes this special.
30 Jun 2009 10:27am
dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States
bright, and wonderfully beautiful!
30 Jun 2009 2:53pm
Nikon D700
1/100 second
F/9.0
ISO 800
70 mm (35mm equiv.)