D 800, 60 mm macro, 1/160 sec, f3.2, handheld, ISO 250, . Topaz Simplify and Glow utilized in processing.
This is the alternate work up of this rose. Curious which people prefer. I’m going back and forth. The “alternate” has another layer of Topaz Simplify applied.
Kathy, I like the concept of the concentric spiral, and the tight view on it. I like the color, although on my monitor it looks more like pale peach than pink perhaps. I prefer the first version, the second is a little too soft for my taste, and it also seems to be slightly less saturated in color.
The Topaz Simplify filter seems to be creating a slightly watercolor look and that works well for me. It also comes close to the look you might get if you were taking a straight shot using manual selective focus with a macro lens wide open at f 2.8. I think it would be interesting to also see a straight selective focus shot of this subject, leaving just a few of the petal edges crisply in focus.
Thanks Ed.
I go back and forth between the two. I may have also played with the tone curve here to get this pastel look. I wanted it to look almost translucent.
I did shoot this at 3.2 but with a 60 mm . Could have gone down lower. Looking at the original there is some fall off but it was somewhat masked by the processing I used.
I think you are right about the peach. My slight color issue coming into play again.
Kathy: I felt like I was at a tennis match going back and forth between these. I like them both but have a slight preference for the first primarily for the color. Superbly crafted image.>=))>
Gorgeous folds and flow to the petals. I prefer the original image. No suggestions for improvement. Beautiful as is.