Critique Dried Yellow Roses

[Mike Buckley]

These yellow roses are one week shy of being four months old. Their visible deterioration stopped after about two weeks.

Setup
The tabletop is a piece of wood. A small continuous-light lamp above and on the right was positioned far enough away to create hard shadows. (I would photograph fresh flowers with the lamp as close as possible to create soft shadows. I might also add a diffusion sock to create the softest possible shadows.) A white reflector in the left front area lifted shadow tones in that area.

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[Bart]

Beautiful work, Mike!
The toning goes really well with the subject.

 

[dossy]

Lovely image, Mike! It could be a painting.

 

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you to Bart and dossy!

 

[Dayo]

Nicely done Mike. Toning does work well with the subject.

 

[Binnur]

Those roses look beautiful even when they are dead. Very nice image Mike. I just want to say that those roses might also look great with a white BG. Then , IMO the image would look nostalgic.

 

[Mike Buckley]

Thank you also to Dayo and Binnur!