Caged Flowers

This is a little session in light painting, again with Julz. You can see the tracks of the wand reflected in the bulb. I love the backdrop in these shots, it’s really lovely.

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Caged Flower, Light Painted

I find it a little cold. It’s a nice picture, but it’s cold and lacking something. I took another shot and converted to a warm black and white and I find this one much more appealing. The conversion to mono has removed the bright contrast in all of the colour tones – the white background, the timber base, the yellow flower.

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Caged Flower, Light Painted, Monochrome

Finally, we turned on the edison light and I took three shots at different exposures to create this warm and golden HDR.

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Caged Flowers & Light, HDR

By using HDR, we’re able to get all the detail, while also keeping the shape of the bulb filament.

Oh, and here’s our rose again:

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Caged Rose, Golden Glow

x desleyjane


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17 responses to “Caged Flowers”

  1. Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer Avatar

    I really like your HDR Version was that done in Lightroom?

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thanks! Yes, we took those three shots and then I used the merge function in Lightroom for the HDR.

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      1. Julz.......artist, blogger, photographer, graphic designer Avatar

        Lol I did mine manually….lr might be better

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        1. desleyjane Avatar

          I wouldn’t have a clue how to do it manually lol.

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  2. morselsandscraps Avatar

    It’s the stray petals I particularly love, but I’m fascinated by the whole process.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thanks. That was Julz’s idea to add the petals and blueberries.

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  3. RuthsArc Avatar

    Stunning ๐Ÿ™‚

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  4. loisajay Avatar

    The yellow flower with the light on…wow, Desley!!

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  5. Cardinal Guzman Avatar

    I love the HDR version.

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  6. Lignum Draco Avatar

    Nice. The 3rd one appeals most because of its warmth.

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  7. Heyjude Avatar

    I like the warmth, not sure you need the flower at all and I really don’t like the red. I’d like to see this with just the random petals and the berries. An interesting process.

    Now tell me, is that wallpaper in the background? I like THAT a lot!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      LOL yes it’s wallpaper, I love it!!!!! Courtesy of Julie. Thanks Jude.

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  8. badfish Avatar

    there you go, outdoing yourself again, and again. I like/love them ALL

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  9. prior.. Avatar

    very cool and I like the patterning the paper – and all have such interest – ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. desleyjane Avatar

      Thanks so much, I love the paper too.

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