Sometimes, you end up liking a picture a lot, but it get poorly received, such is the case with this picture :)

i wanted to do a strong monochrome flower photo, and, as a result, came up with this idea...

i'll explain the setup first, these are very small flowers, yellow in color, placed in a bowl filled with coca-cola (for the black water effect), placed in front of my kitchen window :)

using ISO 6400, i composed it so that the rim was outlining the base of the picture, while the flowers were kept in one-third of the frame, keeping the rule of 3rds in mind :)

the original RAW photo was not as strong or grainy as this one, so i had to do some graining in Capture NX2 and then the same in Photoshop using Niksofware's Silver Efex Pro, to exaggerate the grain :)

i opted for so much grain because a few weeks ago, i borrowed a black & white special magazine from Abid Changazi (JPGMAG: Athlon) which included similar, high-grain photos, shot in film :)

this may not be your cup of tea, but i personally like it very much, and am considering printing it big :)

this is not THE monochrome floral image i wanted, i have yet to attempt that; will give it another shot when my new Manfrotto Tripod and Ball Head arrives, in a few weeks hopefully :)

thanks for reading and viewing :) let's see what u think of this one :)

muhammad muhsin