King Montezuma's Dream by Egmont

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Feb 11, 2005

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Greetings One cannot improve much on what nature has created, but this evenings Parrot Tulip required a little Photoshop assistance. The problem I was faced with this week was deciding which version of this flower I would feature on Renderosity. On one transparency I had a beautiful stem and petal opening, on the other, the back side of the tulip which was more impressive and displayed better features of its petals. Photoshop to the rescue. For further details on Photoshop, see notes under 'Technical Information'. I consider myself from the old school in which everything you want to achieve needs to be on film with little digital post work. When photographing flowers in the studio, all one can do, is find the maximum 'point of view' that best displays the flower and then enhance its features through lighting. Ansel Adams expressed it best, as I try to paraphrase, "your negative is the score and your print the symphony". One more images of a flower to be posted on St. Valentine before we start a new series a week from today. Thank you for stopping by. Vielen dank das Sie vorbei gekommen sind. Grazie Technical Information: CAMERA: Canon with 50mm Macro, exposure range f11-16 on tripod FILM: Fuji-Sensia 100 ASA, processed normal LIGHT: Norman 1250 single light with a mini softbox with fill card SEPARATION: Nikon LS-2000 scanner, full frame PHOTOSHOP NOTES: I removed the background on both transparencies and then on one cut out the flower. The other image with the stem and petal, the flower was removed, leaving the stem and petal in its original position. Then I pasted the backside of the flower into this file. I duplicated the final layer for a better saturation of colours with the top layer being set to 'multiple' at 50%. A new background of drab-olive green-chocolate brown was added.

Comments (22)

AgentMai

9:14PM | Fri, 11 February 2005

sighs You are very right, this stunning flower needs little help from photoshop, although I do love the dark background because it intensifies the rich orange/red/yellow. Simple, and very eyecatching. Thankyou also for including the tecnical information in your posts, it's always interesting to read! Excellent photo =)

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sharky_

9:43PM | Fri, 11 February 2005

Very Beautiful. Aloha

Egmont

10:14PM | Fri, 11 February 2005

Thank you 'sharky' for the honour of adding this image and my gallery to your favorite list.

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SoulSearcherr

10:25PM | Fri, 11 February 2005

bigggg SMILE..this is beauty beyond..I love how it seems to come alive..like turning a lightswitch on I mean..smile..and I feel like I am learning too from your information..thank you for the lesson!!!smile

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BusyB967

10:30PM | Fri, 11 February 2005

Yes .. Very Beautiful .. :)

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GiveMe

11:15PM | Fri, 11 February 2005

Beautiful colors and shapes of pedals. The composition is superb. TKs :^)

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DELMUR

11:29PM | Fri, 11 February 2005

Tulips (specially parrot)and Peonies are for me THE FOWERS!!V.

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Dianthus

12:54AM | Sat, 12 February 2005

That is beautiful work Egmont. Vote

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bpmac

1:40AM | Sat, 12 February 2005

This features more postwork than your usual. Beautiful!! It's always a pleasure to view your work my friend!

jimry

2:35AM | Sat, 12 February 2005

first off, love the 'paraphrase'...secondly, exquisite work...most effective :)

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DJB

4:18AM | Sat, 12 February 2005

I second everyone on it. E

soulofharmony

5:18AM | Sat, 12 February 2005

it knows its elegance and beauty in the way it gracefully poses... each petal seems to be like small hands caressing and slighly covering its face to hide a shy blush... superb camera work.. sublime voteee

ifos

9:33AM | Sat, 12 February 2005

Stunning in its simplicity and impact. Bravo!!

tony_br22

1:44PM | Sat, 12 February 2005

beautiful photography work .. evokes a spiritual mood for me :) .. lovely Egmont

NataLibera70

2:36PM | Sat, 12 February 2005

Excellent !!!

logiloglu

7:23PM | Sat, 12 February 2005

she is so beautiful. like flames. a most excellent photography and presentation.a pleasure to look at,Egmont. vote #:O)

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chantal-france

6:08AM | Sun, 13 February 2005

A wonderful result, my friend, whatever you have done :)) the colours and the background are just perfect and you are right : the details of this tulip are very enhanced by the dark background :)) Finally, a little marvel :)) V

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Lledeline

2:26PM | Sun, 13 February 2005

Very well done.

cynlee

12:10AM | Mon, 14 February 2005

would never know... as long as you're not doing some sort of reporting/factual shot... when it comes to art photography, the digital darkroom is more then acceptable... as it's the final result that matters... & this is quite exquisite :]

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