I adore the simplicity of daisies. I always think it's a shame when my son cuts the grass as the daisies get cut too. But I know that they'll be back in a few days. And I often pop out into the garden to take some photos before they get cut !
This is the original image, straight out of the camera. I laid on the grass to get this low viewpoint and selectively focussed on the closest petals so that everything else was out of focus. I like the hint of yellow peeping out from behind the petals, so that you are left in no doubt what flower it is. I also like that the background is green, so that the main flash of colour is the brilliant white of the petals.
This is the same image after I played around with the Florabella actions on it. I used a layer of pearl at 72% over the background layer and boosted the vignette slightly. I feel it has a kind of ethereal, dreamy quality to it this way.
Before I got the Florabella actions, you may have noticed that I did very little in the way of editting or post-processing. I like to get the shot right in-camera, and having begun my photography when I was very young ( I used my dad's camera from the age of about 8, maybe even earlier) it was, of course, all film, so you HAD to know what you were doing or the whole, expensive, film was wasted. To say nothing of the cost of the processing too ! And the wait while the film you posted off was processed before being posted back to you ! But with these new actions I am enjoying seeing what things do and how the images can be altered to give a different "feel". I am always aware that these looks are "on-trend" at the moment and will be replaced by different looks and needs at some stage in the future. So it's important to get the image you set out to shoot correct in-camera.
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