Blooming Red by Robin Reid

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26-JAN-2008	Robin Reid

Blooming Red

Rancho Bernardo, CA

The other night Herb, BJ and I discussed the difficulty of shooting red subjects, so I decided to give it a go. This flower required quite a bit of manipulation using “Color Balance” in Photoshop. Since I am red/green color blind, you’ll have to tell me how this came out.

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/350s f/2.8 at 100.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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virginiacoastline		12-Feb-2008 02:25
for being color blind I'd say you got it spot on! so is that what you learned in class . . balancing color without knowing where the balance is? I'd like to know that =)

Dougie Young		28-Jan-2008 22:05
Colours look nice, good job..:>

Greg Harp		28-Jan-2008 01:25
It came out great! Wonderful work.

Gary Winters		27-Jan-2008 18:38
Well, it would be hard to improve on this, Robin. The colors are perfect, the DOF is terrific, and the composition is quite pleasing.

Cliff		27-Jan-2008 06:45
I think you did a great job Robin. I find reds often blow out and some purple floral hues are impossible to reproduce digitally. Such is the way - but this is quite beautiful.

Coleen Perilloux Landry		27-Jan-2008 05:30
I think this camellia photo is lovely--almost perfect.

Carol Rollins		27-Jan-2008 05:23
Very beautiful Robin...the reds are very soft and lovely and the greens are gorgeous. V

Mindy McNaugher		27-Jan-2008 04:33
Absolutely exquisite macro Robin! Perfect!! Vote!

Brian McAllister		27-Jan-2008 02:53
Splendid macro shot Robin. The colors look good at my end.....

coaster		27-Jan-2008 00:29
A beauty; well done!

laine82		26-Jan-2008 23:37
Bloomin marvelous....

Herb		26-Jan-2008 22:01
Great macro and colors

Michael Shpuntov		26-Jan-2008 20:52
Gorgeous shot. Love the colors and texture.

Cindi Smith		26-Jan-2008 19:10
Looks red and green in the right areas, Robin! Beautiful flower. Yeah, reds blow out easily. But, I think you did an excellent job on this one!