In the Grey .JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by jdixonsd:
The B&W here IMO is not working. JMO!

In the Grey .JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by jomari:
I think I like the coloured one better. It's still a nice image though.

Pink Camillia.JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by jomari:
Very pretty. I love camellias.

Pink Camillia.JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by KarenNfld:
Very nice light here.

Flower 2.JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by Paul:
I've taken the liberty of uploading the re-edit I spoke of (please tell me if you would rather I removed my version); just in case you are interested to see what the tweaking I referred to looks like. Working on just a small jpeg rather than the source RAW limits what I can do with my novice skills, but here you go:



I think it brings out some latent potential in the image, but that final analysis is of course yours.

Pink Camillia.JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by sonniejake:

Originally posted by paulbtlw: Interesting lighting - did you flash this?

Yes, I flashed. I took it sometime between 8 and 9 last night, and there was very little light coming from the lamp behind it. I was pleasantly surprised on how it turned out.

In the Grey .JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by Paul:
I'm not sure this works - without the colour it feels like I am looking at this flower through a military image intensifier. It is good to experiment though.

Pink Camillia.JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by Paul:
Interesting lighting - did you flash this?

Pink Camillia.JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by Maggye:
Lovely flower and nice lighting. Great capture!

In the Grey .JPG
by sonniejake

Comment by ursula:
Overall I like the colour image better, without colour, it's like it's missing something (IMO), especially now that I know what a beautiful pink this flower is in real life. Roses are wonderful subjects!