Critique Welcomed Garden Pot Shot...

[Dave Young]

Shot in the garden a couple of weeks ago, one of the first images with my 18-55mm Fuji zoom lens I think.

Processed the RAW file this morning in Aperture to see and tweaked with PS... quite pleased with the working of it to be honest. Do I want to give Aperture another go?


Garden Test by mrdaveyoung, on Flickr

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Beautiful, Dave. I do like this lens! The handle there is perfectly captured. So, glad to see you quickly got a handle on this new lens

 

[Beth Anthony]

that looks pretty nice. wonderful tones, the texture on the handle is pretty interesting.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Handle and leaves looking very tasty Dave - lovely B&W tones

Flowers looking ever so slightly hot/bright - have you considered a lower over-all exposure when processing from RAW, then brightening-up the handle and foliage?

I bet theres detail in the flowers that RAW has maintained (and would have ben blown-out in JPEG)

 

[Dave Young]

Handle and leaves looking very tasty Dave - lovely B&W tones

Flowers looking ever so slightly hot/bright - have you considered a lower over-all exposure when processing from RAW, then brightening-up the handle and foliage?

I bet theres detail in the flowers that RAW has maintained (and would have ben blown-out in JPEG)

Thanks Chris, I'll take another look and look at reducing the overall exposure. I do tend to like to like nice bright (read over exposed images) but it does often blow out the white areas a little - that's what I really want to crack to be honest.