Botanical Artistry

[Barry Beckham]

I have had this idea for a while and just needed the right conditions to shoot the images and that came in Brisbane recently at the Mt Coot-Tha Botanical Gardens.

Bright sunlight are not the best conditions for our photograpy, but it did allow some nice shots to be grabbed.

A lot of work went into the creation of the images using Photoshop and then the placing of those images within the slide show. The right music had to be found that enhanced the introduction of each image and I think I have found that with one of our own royalty free tracks called Peace of the Inner Mind from the Peaceful Album

Each image was placed into the slide show individually as they were created and few needed to be changed.

What animation has been included is delicate and measured and was more to make the images fit the music rather than for animation sake. I needed to hold one or two images longer then usual to fit in with the music and chose strong images and added gentle animation to hold the attention and appeal. (I hope)

Best viewed at 1920*1200 it is around 20MB and runs for 2 hours

Only joking about the 2 hours, how does 6 minutes sound?

You will find a PC and a Mac version here

http://www.beckhamdigital.co.uk/freestuffdigslidesw4.htm

[Rickl]

Beautiful!

Inspired images.

I visit our own Conservatory in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the centre of Canada, and have taken many pictures of the plants there.

Nice snapshots, but...

The delicate lighting and close ups in your presentation are masterpieces.

Now I have to review my images to see if there are possibilities...

Thanks for opening my eyes.

Dick

[nelson]

Hello Barry,

Another masterpiece, I am always amazed at your technical skill at sharpening images. The depth of focus and textures gives a 3D effect.

Do you get the sense I really liked it!!

Kieron

www.vanishingculturesphotography.com

[trailertrash]

That was amazing. So calm. Great photography and music. Yep the whole package.

Andrew

[Don]

I liked it. The images are wonderful and the exquisite care taken when timing them to the music is evident. Personally, I think that subtle animation can make certain shows seem more alive. It works for me with this show.

Were these shot handheld or with a tripod?

Nice droplet movement, too.

Don

[Barry Beckham]

Don

Were these shot handheld or with a tripod?

A bit of each, but most were on a tripod from what I recall