Ourspolair

Well, apart from chucking them in the composting, I thought that it was time that I started to look at improving my indoor close-up skills.
I've been looking at ways to get even light distribution for when I use my bellows, so I picked up a small white garbage bin which caught my eye in the supermarket before Christmas and decided to see how well it worked as a flash diffuser.
Goofed around a bit with the "kit" 28-60mm FE, processed with ON1 2021.
After checking the diffuser with the roses inside, tried with the flash inside and the subject on top (a bit like a light table), then used the flash direct.
Flash was off-camera, using a wireless trigger.
I have only posted these to show the different lighting options I used, so composition, backgrounds etc., have not been optimized. Clearly I would put them on a different background if I wanted to make them useable.
Some of the images were desaturated slightly.
Please feel free to comment/critique the method and the resulting images.

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kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Light makes all the difference.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Interesting images. As you know light is our language. You have a favorite one?My favorite is the first image.Stan

Ourspolair

Tough question. This was basically a technical "run" - The first one is slightly saturated and probably closer to the colour when the roses were fresh. As they aged, they faded and the veins in the petals became more apparent, so from the "accuracy" perspective, the more faded versions show that change in structure better.
I am not sure that I have a favourite, each has its own merits and faults.
I will probably do some background work and see if they are better with a more artistic background.
The roses are still here, so I might just do that with a real rather than a "fake" background today.
Thanks for looking in and for asking about my preference...

Ourspolair

Yes, indeed. Thanks for looking in and taking the time to comment.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Ourspolair

Thanks for looking in and for the positive vibes.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Interesting photos!

Ourspolair

Thanks for looking in and for taking the time to comment.

SX2002 Loc: Adelaide, South Australia

Nice set...

Ourspolair

Thanks for looking in and for the thumbs-ups. I am glad you liked them.

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

Beautiful in any stage of life! All lovely, and I especially like #1!

Ourspolair

Thanks for looking and for the positive vibes. These were 3-weeks old on the day I did this little experiment. I put a composite of one of this series in the post-processing forum, if you are interested.