In Photography, Timing Is Important

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Posted by @Dutchlady1 on
If you want to take pictures of your flowers, do it just before sunset to get the color just right. In bright sun the color bleaches out.

Red flowers are the hardest to capture.

In sunlight, this is what you get:
Thumb of 2012-07-09/Dutchlady1/e5ce17

This is the actual color of Plumeria 'Scott Pratt'.
Thumb of 2012-07-09/Dutchlady1/a31192

In order to get the color right I waited until it was almost too dark to take the shot.

 
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Great advice! by chelle Apr 29, 2014 4:20 PM 39
More importaint then you think by chefmike92 Jul 14, 2012 4:13 PM 4

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