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Acres of Poinsettias [Low Key Photography & Low Key Photographs]

© Melissa G. Meiselman

Acres of Poinsettias

Uploaded: November 25, 2008 07:08:02

Description

Taken inside a Wal-Mart where they have a whole room full of these beautiful plants.

I find it very difficult to expose for red so I lowered the saturation in the camera and underexposed the image. I got back what I actually saw using PS using adjustment layers with a tad of saturation.

I am trying out a new camera that has the means to select the type of film and also a way to lower the degree of saturation through the camera software. I shot this in the program mode.

Shutter 1/180, Aperture 8.0 and ISO 400.

Entered into DD

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: -1.00, ExposureTime: 10/1800 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 400, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 7.10 mm, Model: FinePix S100FS

Comments

Mary Beth Aiello level-classic November 25, 2008

Simply beautiful, Melissa. #1041355

Melissa Olsen November 25, 2008

Well your experiment brought us such a beautiful red and wonderful presentation of color. Lovey, Melissa! #6802277

Nadya Johnson November 25, 2008

Wow! I would call this Perfect Color!! Really beautiful, Melissa! The red is just phenomenal on this. Love your composition too! It really does look like "acres" of poinsettias! #6802325

Melissa G. Meiselman November 25, 2008

Thanks so much Mary Beth, Melissa and Nadya for your great comments!! They are very much appreciated!!! #6802338

Margaret R. Barry November 25, 2008

Gorgeous, Melissa. Beautiful colors, details, light and comp.! #6802361

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna November 25, 2008

They are sooooooo beautiful, Melissa!!!! You did a wonderful job of capturing their beauty!!!!! ♫ k #6802438

Debbra Bailey November 25, 2008

Beautiful full frame of Christmas color Melissa! Great job on the red :) #6802449

Jessica Jenney November 25, 2008

I know what you mean about capturing red, Melissa! You and your camera did a terrific job! Gorgeous color, lighting and detail! #6802507

Jim Huffield November 25, 2008

Very beautiful work, Melissa. Jim #6802529

Melissa G. Meiselman November 25, 2008

Thanks so mcuh Margaret, Kitty, Debbra, Jessica, Jim and Sabrinia for your great comments!! They are very much appreciated!! #6802674

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe November 25, 2008

Lovely feastive image, Melissa. #6802707

Jennifer L. Taranto November 25, 2008

beautiful full frame!! awesome job on the red - very natural!! #6802744

Melissa G. Meiselman November 25, 2008

Thanks so much Tammy and Jennifer for your great comments!!! #6802855

Janet Daniel November 25, 2008

Very well done, Melissa! Bravo! This is gorgeous! #6802947

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe November 25, 2008

Great job with this Melissa! Jeff #6803062

Eivor Kuchta November 25, 2008

Great job, Melissa! I also find it hard to work with red. You mastered this, and got out a lot of details, and perfect sharpness. Nice composition! #6803183

Roxanne M. Bubar November 25, 2008

Melissa gorgeous full frame of these beautiful Poinsettias.
#6803428

Melissa G. Meiselman November 25, 2008

Thanks so much Janet, Jeff, Eivor and Roxanne for your terrific comments!!! #6803599

Max Aureli November 25, 2008

Really beautiful with gorgeous colors and details in here, Melissa!! #6803778

Melissa G. Meiselman November 25, 2008

Thanks so much, Max for taking a look and leaving this great comment!! #6803877

William C. Raco level-classic November 25, 2008

Beautiful arrangement, colors, details and lighting
Nicely done, Melissa #6803918

Carol Sawyer November 25, 2008

Beautiful full frame image, colors and great details, Melissa!! #6803995

Patricia Ronan November 25, 2008

Beautiful clarity and detail in this lovely image Melissa, yes it is difficult to capture red subjects at times:) #6804008

Denny E. Barnes level-deluxe November 25, 2008

I would say between you, the camera and post processing, you got the red perfect!! Excellent color, detail, light and clarity! A very beautiful image, Melissa!!....Denny #6804149

Melissa G. Meiselman November 25, 2008

Thanks so much Bill, Carol, Patricia and Denny for your terrific comments!! #6804233

Judy A. Lawhon November 25, 2008

I, too, have trouble with red and I use the same formula that you used to capture the color. Anyway....this is amazing and the color is a true red, Melissa!! #6804308

David Phalen November 25, 2008

Whatever you did it worked perfectly!! Outstanding light, colors and details!! #6804425

Nancy L. Green level-classic November 25, 2008

I have always loved these beautiful plants, this is GORGEOuS Melissa !! <>< #6804623

Janet McNeil level-classic November 25, 2008

Beautiful capture - the red color is fantastic!! #6804668

Beverley Scott November 25, 2008

You know Christmas is just around the corner when the Poinsettias start appearing everywhere! You've done a great job on the colours and composition in this image. Well done. Bev #6805164

Patrick Rouzes level-classic November 25, 2008

WOW, Melissa, you have done a PHENOMENAL job on this!!! I could not stop looking at it!!! Everything to perfection!!! INSPIRING indeed!!! #6805349

Bill Knaps November 25, 2008

Beautiful Capture Melissa. Bill #6806132

Melissa G. Meiselman November 25, 2008

Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments on this image!! I appreciate them all very much!! #6806682

Sherran Andersen level-classic November 25, 2008

Wonderful capture Melissa... congrats on your finalists. Sherran #6807080

Bill Wyatt November 26, 2008

Gorgeous colors and light love the details as well! #6808782

frank w. degenhardt November 26, 2008

Melissa- Red is a difficult color to shot for me. I did a few shots of these plants at a mall but was not happy with the turn out.
You used your understanding of photo taking to capture this most beauifully colored picture. You were able to get a full frame of bright even reds that are just gorgeous. Excellent lighting and clarity. The fastastic centerpeaces are so well detailed and serve to break up the red.
Sensational work #6809666

Melissa G. Meiselman November 26, 2008

Thanks so much Sherran, Bill and Frank for your terrific comments!!! #6811774

Ruth Grimm December 04, 2008

Your depth of field takes us deep into your beautifully composed image! Great, great job, Melissa! #6852223

Melissa G. Meiselman December 04, 2008

Thanks so much, Ruth for looking at this and leaving your great and meaningful comment!!! #6852316

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