H. Vincero
This image titled “Vincero” is one of many I’ve made over the years of the daylilies in my own perennial garden. While it is not one of the photos featured in my new book “In The Style Of”, it has been processed in the same manner. Photographed against a dark background and edited slightly for contrast, then transferred to Photoshop where texture is added with blending modes.. The effort is meant to give a contemporary look to the style of the 16th and 17th Century floral painters.
Exquisite!
David,
I am trying to learn how to talk about a piece without simply saying, I love it. I’m watching and rewatching Learn the Language of Photography Through Critique, by Eileen Rafferty (on the B&H site). The first topic is The Subject. One should make sure that the rest of the photograph doesn’t detract from the subject, but instead complements it. The daylily in bloom is complemented by the surrounding buds. I especially like the background. It is dark but not totally black. I use black backgrounds, and maybe that is sometimes a good choice, but the dark hints of where the daylily might be emphasizes the color, the shape and the texture of the bloom even more. In just a few words: I love it:-)
I bet those 16th century folks would have loved to have had a dazzling daylily like this and it comes zooming out of that dark background with its own terrage of little buds.
Oops forgot to edit: entourage
Fantastic product of excellent photography and Photoshop magic.
Thanks. Susan, one of my friends and owner of several of my botanical images calls them portraits. That probably fits within the construct of what you’re reading in the the Rafferty piece.
Hi David- I love the colors, especially the background which I like much better than flat black. Your last two pieces have a distinctive depth and richness of color. Very special. A new direction for you?