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    #1

    White Orchids

    This is my first attempt at this, but I thought it was worth a shot. White orchids in front of a black t-shirt and lit using on camera flash, bounced from the ceiling using a sto-fen diffuser. If I was any better or had the patience to, I'd work on removing the black wooden supporting stick from the image, I think it would look cleaner.

    Flowers - 2015-01-03 at 15-11-34 by The_Klaw5, on Flickr
    Within in my Billingham Hadley Large: Canon EOS 550D [Gripped], EF 50mm f/1.8, EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Kenko Teleplus DG AF Extension Tubes [36+20+12] and Speedlite EX430 II.

    Redundant: EF-S 18-55mm lens f/3.5-5.6 IS II and EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
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    #2
    Re: White Orchids

    nice, I would have been tempted to loose the under exposed ones on the bottom left - and the support. The advantage you have is with the black background so editing this would be very easy, come on give it a bash

    I think also the whites need pulling back a tad as that will help pull the detail on the flowers
    :- Ian

    5D Mk III, 24-105 / 70-200 f2.8 L / 100-400 Mk II / 100 macro / 16-35 L / 11-24 L / 1.4 & 2x converters and a bad back carrying it all ;o)

    :- https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosespana/

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      #3
      Re: White Orchids

      A nice concept.

      Bill.
      7D, 400D, EF-S 15-85 f3.5/5.6, EF 100 f2.8 USM macro, Sigma 10-20 f4/5.6, Sigma 70-300 f4/5.6 APO, Sigma 50 f1.4, EF 28-90, EF 90-300, Sigma 150-600C, 430 EXll, Yongnuo 568 EX ll, Yongnuo Triggers, Yongnuo YN14-EX Ring Flash

      Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/94610707@N05/

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        #4
        Re: White Orchids

        Well taken - I agree that the whites are a tad too bright.

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          #5
          Re: White Orchids

          The whites can be pulled back quite easily and the shot tidied with simple cloning followed by a touch of saturation to bring out the green and yellow

          Stan

          xxzzxx edit.jpg
          Stan - LRPS, CPAGB, BPE2*

          http://neptuno-photography.foliopic.com/
          flickr

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            #6
            Re: White Orchids

            result Stan
            :- Ian

            5D Mk III, 24-105 / 70-200 f2.8 L / 100-400 Mk II / 100 macro / 16-35 L / 11-24 L / 1.4 & 2x converters and a bad back carrying it all ;o)

            :- https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosespana/

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              #7
              Re: White Orchids

              As a further thought, it also works with the flowers on the bottom left removed so that the stem just flows from corner to corner

              Stan

              xxzzxx edit 2.jpg
              Stan - LRPS, CPAGB, BPE2*

              http://neptuno-photography.foliopic.com/
              flickr

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                #8
                Re: White Orchids

                looks good Stan..

                if it was me I would have run the stem off the bottom corner so it looks like its being held up rather than just floating in the air.. I do think sometimes these plants / flowers look odd just floating and whether a stem fading off to nothing doesn't improve
                :- Ian

                5D Mk III, 24-105 / 70-200 f2.8 L / 100-400 Mk II / 100 macro / 16-35 L / 11-24 L / 1.4 & 2x converters and a bad back carrying it all ;o)

                :- https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosespana/

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                  #9
                  Re: White Orchids

                  Thanks for that, I'm going to spend some time now making an edit, your feedback is always welcome!
                  One of the difficulties I found was that the flowers were so large, with a small background, I struggled to get a tight crop without trimming the flowers or moving too much to and capturing a wider scene of my messy kitchen... I will be back with another edit!
                  Within in my Billingham Hadley Large: Canon EOS 550D [Gripped], EF 50mm f/1.8, EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Kenko Teleplus DG AF Extension Tubes [36+20+12] and Speedlite EX430 II.

                  Redundant: EF-S 18-55mm lens f/3.5-5.6 IS II and EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

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                    #10
                    Re: White Orchids

                    Flowers - 2015-01-03 at 15-11-34 - Version 3 by The_Klaw5, on Flickr
                    Within in my Billingham Hadley Large: Canon EOS 550D [Gripped], EF 50mm f/1.8, EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Kenko Teleplus DG AF Extension Tubes [36+20+12] and Speedlite EX430 II.

                    Redundant: EF-S 18-55mm lens f/3.5-5.6 IS II and EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

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                      #11
                      Re: White Orchids

                      much better edit, but if you look at your whites you'll see they are very washed out - this can be sorted easily within PP by adjusting the highlights - what program are you using for PP ?
                      :- Ian

                      5D Mk III, 24-105 / 70-200 f2.8 L / 100-400 Mk II / 100 macro / 16-35 L / 11-24 L / 1.4 & 2x converters and a bad back carrying it all ;o)

                      :- https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosespana/

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                        #12
                        Re: White Orchids

                        I'm using Aperture. When I view them on my MacBook in full screen they look good to me, I can attempt to draw them back a little, but they looked grey when I did it earlier.
                        Within in my Billingham Hadley Large: Canon EOS 550D [Gripped], EF 50mm f/1.8, EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Kenko Teleplus DG AF Extension Tubes [36+20+12] and Speedlite EX430 II.

                        Redundant: EF-S 18-55mm lens f/3.5-5.6 IS II and EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

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                          #13
                          Re: White Orchids

                          Flowers - 2015-01-03 at 15-11-34 - Version 3 by The_Klaw5, on Flickr
                          Within in my Billingham Hadley Large: Canon EOS 550D [Gripped], EF 50mm f/1.8, EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Tamron 18-270mm Di II VC PZD, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Kenko Teleplus DG AF Extension Tubes [36+20+12] and Speedlite EX430 II.

                          Redundant: EF-S 18-55mm lens f/3.5-5.6 IS II and EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS

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                            #14
                            Re: White Orchids

                            I don't know Aperture but I'm sure it probably has similar features to LR ... BTW Aperture isn't being updated anymore so it maybe worthwhile considering upgrading to another editor

                            If you look at Stans edit that gives you a better idea of the highlights - Viewing it on an iMac its still looking pretty blown here as you can't see any detail in the top flowers, but you can in Stans
                            :- Ian

                            5D Mk III, 24-105 / 70-200 f2.8 L / 100-400 Mk II / 100 macro / 16-35 L / 11-24 L / 1.4 & 2x converters and a bad back carrying it all ;o)

                            :- https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosespana/

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                              #15
                              Re: White Orchids

                              you could possibly use the mid contrast adjustment in aperture ,or if you go to the drop down menu on the left you can also access and add a curves menu that might help

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