Tropicals & Tender Perennials: photoshop and begonias, 0 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Looks like you worked your magic then, Kell. I must say your first picture does look a lot better than the original. What begonia is it?

I'd hate to hold some of my plants up to the sky due to their weight and my weak muscles (old age?). Then I have the weight of the big camera in my other hand to think about too. I got a Stroboframe and flash cord from my daughter and son in law so now I can help minimize shadows from the flash. I have been using higher ISOs and white balance recently to avoid flash pictures.

Here is an old picture I scanned last week and tried to get rid of faded colors, coke spills, and other defects. I blurred the background as well. The picture is over 25 years old when our daughters were flower girls at their aunt's wedding. Digital has certainly enabled everyone to take any picture they want, save them for eternity (at least a lifetime), and spruce them up the way they see it in their mind.