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For Smile on Saturday's #prettyinpastel theme.
one of a series based on a fuschia display in the Glasshouse at RHS Wisley (Surrey, UK)
Such a romantic name ;o)
Alstroemeria or Peruvian lily is such a delicate and lovely flower, and I found some white ones in the supermarket this week. I couldn't resist shooting one flower for the theme this week - "pretty in pastel".
Shot with the Lensbaby Double glass and the +4 macro filter.
Happy Smile on Saturday - and have a great weekend
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
My Lensbaby "double-glass" set: Here
"flowers, fans and more" Here
All kinds of Lilies: Here
If you are interested about the Lensbaby and how it works there's more (off Flickr) on my Inedita website.
More about the Double Glass optic Here
More about the whole Lensbaby systemHere
'Pretty in pastels' Smile on Saturday.
Thank you to every one taking time to view, fave or comment on my picture.
Happy Saturday !
For the Smile On Saturday group: "Pretty In Pastel" theme
It had rained, and she was picking her way carefully through a muddy area at the Michigan Renaissance Festival.
HSoS
Sedum florets.
The sedums are just coming out as we move into Autumn. And the bees are having tremendous fun!
I took this today in the front garden where there are a lot of sedums growing in drifts. I thought the dappled pinks might make it a suitable subject for this week’s Smile on Saturday’s Pretty in Pastel theme.
Although the image lacks a strong composition it does appeal to me as I love the patterns and symmetries of flowers. It’s a macro about a couple of inches across…
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image! Happy Smile on Saturday :)
[Handheld in diffuse sunlight.
Developed in Capture One trying to control the saturation (it’s meant to be pastels!) and getting a balance between softness and detail. Tried to take down some of the brighter pinks but kept the complementary green active for colour contrast. Went for as high a key as I could without losing the highlights or the pinks.
Processed in Affinity. Some gentle sharpening with Unsharp Mask. There was already quite a lot of pleasing DoF blur at the edges of the image but I added more with the DoF filter in Affinity; the filter was set to also enhance the Clarity in the centre. Used Curves in LAB mode to flatten (i.e. compressing) the contrast in the highlights.
White vignette.
Finally (playing around) added a white fill layer at low opacity on top to… er… whiten everything. Except not everything because I masked the centre out from the effect. It whitened the edges like the vignette but didn’t have the side effect of increasing the apparent colour contrast there (I think… it wasn’t quite the same anyway).]
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Pretty in Pastel
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Went to a wedding yesterday and this was our table afterwards for dinner.
Smile on Saturday.
Pretty in Pastel.
The theme this week is "Pretty in Pastel" and I remembered the pig erasers who are cute and pastel colours :) I added some pastel sweet peas and geranium petals and voila!
In nature, light creates the colour.
In the picture, colour creates the light.
(Hans Hofmann)
Challenge on flickr - Flora/Close up
Smile on Saturday! :-) - Pretty in Pastel
(photo by Freya)
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For Flickr group "Smile on Saturday!:)", topic: "pretty in pastel"
For Flickr group "Fantastic Monday!"
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