New York: Gramercy Park
Inspiration: Sunday was rainy and cold. That made it a great day for macro photography! I love dewy flower shots. This tulip was way more brilliant than this photograph suggests. When I snapped this, I deliberately underexposed it as much as I could before fading to black altogether. Then, in Lightroom, I played around to achieve this washed out look. More tulip photos to come . . .
The photo is so beautiful...
Posted by: Kiki | April 26, 2010 at 02:15 AM
*happy sigh*
Posted by: San | April 26, 2010 at 02:37 AM
Very nice - it's interesting you see you toned down the colouring. I think most people would typically do the reverse! Perhaps you take very saturated pictures already? (Beware that on some settings Nikons oversaturate all the reds, as I discovered when checking on my students' pictures).
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Posted by: davidikus | April 26, 2010 at 05:40 AM
Absolutely stunning. Love the low light. LOVE.
Posted by: Alice Olive | April 26, 2010 at 08:47 AM
this is absolutely beautiful! wow
xo
Posted by: Ljubica | April 26, 2010 at 09:00 AM
This is absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Posted by: Lisa | April 26, 2010 at 05:43 PM
Wow, beautiful. You managed make a flower shot moody instead of twee, something I am trying to learn now! Great!
Posted by: minor keys | April 26, 2010 at 06:36 PM
Hi, It's so interesting to hear the technical side of taking these shots, and the decisions you make. Lovely light and a beautiful image.
Posted by: Lucy | April 26, 2010 at 10:40 PM
i love macro, tulips and these particular photograph. stunning colors
Posted by: Carole | April 27, 2010 at 10:31 AM
I love it! so beautiful!
Posted by: Lady M | April 29, 2010 at 10:24 AM
What lens did you use to capture these?
This is my favourite!! It's just so pretty!
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Posted by: Kiran | May 7, 2010 at 03:17 AM
Kiran: Thank you. I used a Canon 100mm 2.8 macro.
Posted by: The Photodiarist | May 7, 2010 at 08:45 AM