WOW…what were we thinking? This was hard!!!!! To see past the intensity of the two tone tulips or the variations of pink in the light colored tulips was a true challenge. I started to process the light differently.
Here are three two toned tulips…
I photographed these first. Looking back on them I am very disappointed with composition. I think I was caught up in the novelty of the idea. So, when I approached the light tulips, I really tried to position each blossom in a composition that showed the unique feature of the flower.
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You know what? I really like that first grouping as well. The softness of these are lovely…I think my favorite is the seventh one, the base of the flower and stem. It’s a classic capture of the tulip. Beautiful!
These turned out beautifully! My favorites are 3, 4 and 7.
Were these yellow tulips? I had some myself recently, and the inside (yellow as well) was tough to photograph.
Thanks! This was a real struggle.
What was the struggle for you – composing the picture or processing in black and white? I found the hard part for me (maybe emotionally!) was removing the color and still be satisfied with the result. I really like the look of the first two after your comments in the middle of the post. I love the look of the light through the petals.
Great question Karma. For me it was trying to edit the color from my mind as I was shooting the flowers. Usually, I make the choice to make an image B&W in the post-processing phase not in the shooting phase. I had to be much more purposeful of what I was doing, how I was composing. The exercise did what it was meant to do; it made me look beyond the obvious feature of color for the story of each bloom.
Funny you mention that Shrew. I was going to bring that point up to the group. I went back into my vast flower archive and found that most of my shots simply do NOT work in b&w. I wonder if I had thought about shooting it in b&w at the time, how I would have shot it. So now that I have missed the boat with this challenge, I will have to revisit it this summer when I have access to blooms. It seems to have been a great exercise for everyone!
These really turned out great!!! 3 and 11 are my favorites! I love the softness in these.
I wonder if I would have struggled more with colored flowers. I used white flowers because thought I would get the most contrast.
P.S. are you in Joisey too??