Juzno: A penny for your thought?
Rosa: It is the time you have wasted for your rose that
makes your rose so important.
Juzno: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
Rosa: No, my tax
preparer.
Hope your day is going well.
Featured Comments:
Glenn: I suppose tax
preparers have lots to say about wasted time.
Anne: Very nice. I love roses.
Perfect lighting. How do you make
the background dark?
May I keep this one for a card later if I need to make one
for emergency?
Juzno: Thanks. You can use this for your card, Anne.
There are a number of ways to make the background dark. I used to just shoot as-is, and burn and
dodge in post processing. But usually
the result is artificial. The best way
is to do it on-camera.
The trick is to be able to find the right background so the
red on the rose would pop out. I just
keep looking on the view finder until the lighting on the background looks
good. I shot this on manual exposure: f4
at 1/200. On auto, my camera wants to
shoot at f4, 1/80 but I decided to underexpose it so I can get the background
dark. In Photoshop, I selected the red
channel and pushed the red back up in the Curves Overlay. This way only the reds are affected. It’s really easier to show it than it sounds.