I waited all month. I was going to try doing a portrait of my daughters. then one said she didn't want to do it. So I tried it with the other one. I suck at portraits. I mean, I REALLY am bad. So I get down to the last day. What to do? Sit it out? That's a possibility. Oh, I got new extension tubes this month. Time for my first MACRO! The marigolds are still in bloom out back. But I hate marigolds and they are boring. So I spotted the African Violet on the windows sill above the kitchen sink. Purple & yellow. Very nice. So, with three and half hours before deadline, I'm in the basement, shooting an African Violet. Great, a flower macro. Just what everyone loves on DPChallenge. So if my score suffers, oh well. I tried.
Shot it under 2000 watts of light from my Sears work lights, with my 50/1.8 lens with all three tubes (13mm, 21mm, 31mm) attached. The lens was probably less than an inch from the flower. Maybe it's not as sharp as it could be, but I was rushing and I really haven't practiced much with the tubes. I really need too, because I think they could be lots of fun.
In PSCS2: crop, resize, levels, shadow/highlight, brightness/contrast, saturated the yellow a little, USM, burned some of the too bright area, 3px yellow stroke, 2px violet stroke.
And that's not water that spakling, that's actually the petals. I think that's what caught my eye on the window sill.
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Not very visually appealing for me. I think maybe the focal point could benefit from being a bit sharper, and the purple background a little less saturated - apologies if that was actually the colour it was!
I really like the colors and the composition. Take this again for the rule of thirds challenge. :) But the yellow parts could be sharper, to really grab the eye once it lands there.
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