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Experiment with background colour

tanny

By tanny

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For the past two days I have been experimenting with taking pictures of my flowers with a different coloured card behind the flower. I am doing this experiment for the time I go on my holiday to Australia in September and will be taking thousands of pictures of the unique wildflowers I expect to see. I hope you like the results of this test.

When I find a different coloured card I will add to this blog. I’ve just noticed that some of the pictures have been cropped when posting but I don’t recon the cropping has been detrimentle to the overall picture.

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Wow ! stunning photos - well done !

6 Jun, 2010

 

really makes the flowers stand out tanny, hope you enjoy your trip when it comes round ;o)

6 Jun, 2010

 

Love it. Been looking at doing something like that as some flowers in the garden are difficult to photograph without getting something else in the way. Good idea. Might try that. Love the Streps.

6 Jun, 2010

 

absolutely outstanding, the most beautiful pictures, thank you Tanny.

6 Jun, 2010

 

They look beauitful..would look great framed on a wall to add depth and colour to a plain room..Beautiful

6 Jun, 2010

 

Like the dramatic effect of the black backgreound Tanny.A great set of photos....

6 Jun, 2010

 

Well it would be no good asking me which background was best as I liked all of them!!! Great photos

6 Jun, 2010

 

Perfect pics, they would be great blown up as wall prints.

6 Jun, 2010

 

Stunning photos Tanny, the card backgrounds allow the detail and beauty of the flowers to be fully appreciated. Were the flowers photographed in situ or were they picked?

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks for all your comments, so glad you like the pictures. The photographs were taken in situ so that I was able to take the same flower a couple of days later with a different card. Have a go Cinderella, it keeps ones interest stimulated and seeing the special results makes it all the more exciting. I wonder where I can get a blue and Yellow card to continue the experiment.
The Streptocarpus are my speciality plant, I propergate them by leaf cuttings and by cross-pollanating.

6 Jun, 2010

 

Love all the different backgrounds the photos are stunning

7 Jun, 2010

 

go to any craft shop for your card, if you can't get any let me know and I can always send some to you, I have blue and I believe yellow, I have nearly every colour of card here Tanny. your welcome to some.

7 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you for the offer but I will wait till I am in Aussy where I will be using a various number of colours with the flowers. West Australia is called the Wildflower State and it will be spring in September and October so you can expect to see many exotic flowers here when I return.

8 Jun, 2010

 

Fantastic photo`s Tanny......

8 Jun, 2010

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