Anita's Photoblog
African Daisy 2
Posted by Anita (West Nottingham, United States) on 8 October 2009 in Plant & Nature.
I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR VISITS AND SUPPORTIVE COMMENTS!!
I recently showed some of my flowers with texture images to a jury for a large art show, and found out they want the textures to be created by me, not by someone else. So.....I am now learning to create textures.
This image was taken indoors with natural light and a yellow BG. In post processing, I applied one of my new textures and used the filter>Render >Lighting Effects >Default >Omni.
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I welcome your honest critique, especially if they will improve my photography.
If I have made a mistake in a flower identification, please let me know!
A few words about the EXIF data, beginning in April when I began using Nikon D300 and the Sigma 105mm macro: My new camera and macro lens record the relative or effective f stop, not the one seen on the lens. For an explanation of this, go to the next to the last question at this site.
Dulcie from Danville, CA, United States
You did it. Well done!
Love your texture and the details of the flower are scrumptious.
It looks like stars in the center.
8 Oct 2009 5:44am
Theys from Charleroi, Belgium
Love your texture and the details of the flower ,great macro Anita !
8 Oct 2009 8:37am
Paul Michko from Exton, PA, United States
Superb, such an excellent impact, Anita.
8 Oct 2009 8:50am
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
Good details, good dof and good colour combination.
8 Oct 2009 9:49am
Tomas Turecek from Czech Republic
First of all: the decision of the jury is ridiculous! If authors of those textures give them for free then I don't see any problem to accept images where these texture are used. Those authors may even decide to give it for free for business purposes.
To the image: the flower is nice but the central composition doesn't work for me here, perhaps because the blossom is so big. The texture is usable IMO but I think that you could work with the image a bit more. How about vignetting? It's a bit flat now.
I can imagine that it's really not easy to create own textures and you are on a good way. I cross my fingers for you to be accepted for the show!
8 Oct 2009 12:00pm
Mary from Exton, United States
Beautiful image Anita! I feel I could touch the flower.
8 Oct 2009 2:13pm
Mary from Exton, United States
Beautiful image Anita! I feel I could touch the flower.
8 Oct 2009 2:13pm
Thomas from Bangalore, India
It looks more like a painting than a photo. well shot.
8 Oct 2009 2:58pm
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
I hope you write us a tutorial on how to texturize! I've looked back and caught up on your blog and everyone of your photos is excellent (too far behind to comment them all)!
8 Oct 2009 4:33pm
Dawn from Maryland, United States
Wow!! That purple against the yellow background is fantastic!!! Stunning!!
8 Oct 2009 7:05pm
susan from United States
interesting that they only want textures created by you......how would they know WHO created the texture???? but that's judges for ya!!!
8 Oct 2009 10:15pm
@susan: They knew because i told them. Part of the agreement in using Creative Commons textures is to credit the creator of the texture. I also understand the jury's concern about legal complications. I don't know if they would have felt differently if I'd purchased the texxtures.
Sue from Paducah, United States
I can appreciate the judges point of view regarding textures. I would never submit a textured piece to a juried show/exhibition that had textures I had acquired from other sources. I would want the piece to be solely my work.
On the other hand, I do sell at a local shop textured work; of course only using textures with creative commons/permission to utilize.
9 Oct 2009 11:13am
@Sue: Sue: I'm curious about the distinction you make between work you sell and work you would present to a jury. What is the difference in your mind? The textures I used had creative commons copyright and I had written permission to use them. I, do, however, understand the jury's point of view--they don't want to get into legal complications.
Marcie from Newton, United States
What a fantastic study in contrasting colors. Love how the gold background brings out the gold in the center.
9 Oct 2009 12:07pm
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
Nice textures to bring out the contrasting colors of this beautiful flower and great lighting. A stunning composition Anita. However, personally I'm not to fond of this texture color.
9 Oct 2009 8:17pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
The colour and detail are absolutely outstanding! Bravo! 10/10
10 Oct 2009 5:17am
Mirjam from Kiev, Ukraine
I love your texture. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Very beautiful!
10 Oct 2009 7:26am
