Life and Death
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:01 amTwo shots of flowers growing in St Kilda cemetery
Love # 1 Pharmer. Whats the trade secret to getting the forground flowers so vibrant and the background near b&w?
Great shots.
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Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 1:01 amPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:33 amPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:17 amInteresting effect on #1 Pharmer. Personnally it works for me although saturating the colours that much could have been a grave mistake 
Cheers Peter
Cheers Peter
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 11:31 amAwesome shots .. love them both
suzanne
suzanne
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:08 pmSir Tristram wrote:Love # 1 Pharmer. Whats the trade secret to getting the forground flowers so vibrant and the background near b&w?
Great shots.
Thanks.
Thats the colour the background was, a very grey afternoon with weak light.
The flowers in the front were lit by flash, which accounts for the vibrancy in comparison to the background.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:21 pmVery nice pair of images here, Barrie. The 1st one is a nice use of depth of field and great colour. Maybe the flash is a millionth too harsh? Not a problem though. Cloudy and stormy days can really sock that colour in due to the lack of sun reflection on the petals. I like the fresher approach of looking up under the flowers instead of the "Down the Throat" stereotype too.
No. 2 is VERY nice indeed. Light is just right. i like the dead petal as well to break the "niceness" and give a good focal point for the viewer. Nothing here I don't like.
Col
No. 2 is VERY nice indeed. Light is just right. i like the dead petal as well to break the "niceness" and give a good focal point for the viewer. Nothing here I don't like.
Col
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:34 pmBarry, lovely as usual. I particularly like the first one. The grey, dead cemetry, contrasted with the vibrant, life of the flowers. 
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:05 pmCheers Col and Suzanne.
Shooting flowers at the cemetary makes a change from the regular and depressing gravestone shots (although, got plenty of those too)
Shooting flowers at the cemetary makes a change from the regular and depressing gravestone shots (although, got plenty of those too)
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:15 pmBeautiful Barrie - love #1 - insane! 
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:29 pmLovely shots Barrie.
I've always found cemeteries have some little pockets of hope and inspiration amongst the gloom and sadness. It makes an interesting juxtaposition, as you've acheived in the first shot. Great stuff.
I've always found cemeteries have some little pockets of hope and inspiration amongst the gloom and sadness. It makes an interesting juxtaposition, as you've acheived in the first shot. Great stuff.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2006 7:43 pmFirst one fits the title perfectly Barrie!
Don't think I'm quite game enough to start trawling through cemetaries
Don't think I'm quite game enough to start trawling through cemetaries
Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:20 pmGreat shots again Barrie. Love your style.