red lips

Loose the sun and use flash....

red lips




K7, 100mm macro,-2ev flash and -1ev on camera. f/8, ISO 100

Worth experimenting further?

C&C welcome.

Regards

Lovely and sharp, perhaps you could back it down even further.

I see the lips, almost as though they are dehydrated by the flash. Faded/aged glory. There's a nice series of different slightly past their best blooms. You won't sell many on mother's day though.

What a fascinating pic !

I could look at that and just look at different individual petals for ages . There's plenty of texture as well.

The only thing I don't like [ sorry about that ] is the teeny bit of white/greenish stuff showing - what is it ? It detracts from the rest .

Congratulations on a worthwhile bit of experimentation [ perhaps one day I will .................... ]

It looks like part of a dead leaf. No problem with the comment though.

I rarely remove things from an image. I will clone this one as once you have mentioned it, it stays in the mind.

By the way, if you do have a play, a cut down 35mm transparent film canister makes a good diffuser for the pop-up flash.

Regards

Great texture and three-dimensionality. Your diffuser has worked very well.

I don't object to the foliage. Adds context.

G

Thanks George. Just literally removed the foliage for comparison.




Regards

Better without the foliage, I think. This is an interesting study. How nice to see an imperfect bloom when we usually seek out bright, fresh examples. The faded petals look like bruises. The flash technique is not naturalistic but adds something else. I like the title too, very suitable.

I'm in two minds about the foliage -

if it's intended as a study of red lips - then yes it's better without foliage [ though I would still like to see that white/greenish thing removed - yes I'm picky that way ]

if it's intended as a study of a fading rose with its interesting petals - then yes leave the foliage in .

OK - I know - that has not helped