Complementary

Posted by Daniel Chen (New York, United States) on 3 December 2006 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.

Nikon D70s - 50mm Prime @, 1/500s, f/2.8, Aperture Priority, Matrix Metering
Taken on: 2006-06-08_08-11-46

Color and Selective Focus
Post-processing: Warming filter (85), Sharpening (unsharp mask: 150% 1 0)

What I like the most about this picture is the balance between colors: Purple and yellow; they're complementary colors, add in the green leaves in the background and you have a triad of colors. What I think is a lovely balance of color.

I used f/2.8 once again, to make the yellow flower in the background a little more in focus than shooting wide open at f/1.8. I didn't want to stop down any further, for example f/4, because I didn't want the yellow flower to distract from the purple, which I choose as the main subject because it has much more detail than the yellow. However the yellow flower in the background plays a major role in the photograph.

Maybe the title should be titled "Triad" and not "Complementary"

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