Orchid 5 - Last Samurai

JT1 · 10th May 2005

I shot this weeks ago when it was a full spray. It struck me that the single orchid, with its wavy petals, looked liked a samurai helmet with their battle decorations. Its obviously lost its battle with nature, and this one is the last man standing.

I used a different exposure technique (compared to my normal) to capture the sombre mood. Slide came out exactly as I envisioned it. What you have here is the original photo, with no PS except sharpening to compensate for the JPEG conversion, and resizing.

porn-star · 10th May 2005

DOF is good. f16?

Good effort bro. I usually get my whites washed out and lose details ... wait a minute, maybe its because i suck.

JT1 · 10th May 2005

If I recall, it was f8.0. Plant was in its original location, so DOF to throw out the background.

Spot on the white and dropped shutter by about 1.5 stops under. Good luck. I just suck harder

(corrected for 1.5 stops)

JT1 · 12th May 2005

Sharing an attempt at reframing the original. CW rotation to create a diagonal and tighter crop.

10th May 2005	#1
JT1 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 173	Orchid 5 - Last Samurai I shot this weeks ago when it was a full spray. It struck me that the single orchid, with its wavy petals, looked liked a samurai helmet with their battle decorations. Its obviously lost its battle with nature, and this one is the last man standing. I used a different exposure technique (compared to my normal) to capture the sombre mood. Slide came out exactly as I envisioned it. What you have here is the original photo, with no PS except sharpening to compensate for the JPEG conversion, and resizing.

10th May 2005	#3
JT1 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 173	If I recall, it was f8.0. Plant was in its original location, so DOF to throw out the background. Spot on the white and dropped shutter by about 1.5 stops under. Good luck. I just suck harder (corrected for 1.5 stops) Last edited by JT1; 11th May 2005 at 09:45 AM.

10th May 2005	#2
porn-star Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Easterner Posts: 95	DOF is good. f16? Good effort bro. I usually get my whites washed out and lose details ... wait a minute, maybe its because i suck.

12th May 2005	#4
JT1 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 173	Sharing an attempt at reframing the original. CW rotation to create a diagonal and tighter crop.