Lonely stem

by Marsel van Oosten

Gallery: FloraPosted June 14, 20042,379 views11 comments

Shot near Marbella, Spain, with an F100 and 90mm macro on Sensia II.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Ed Cordes on June 15, 2004 at 10:36 AM

This is not only outstanding- it is cool!

I really like the colors and unsual composition.

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Comment posted by Juza on June 15, 2004 at 1:42 PM

Hi Marsel,
some time ago I tried to photograph this flower but your photo is far better than mine results. The centered and symmetrical composition catch my eye.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on June 16, 2004 at 5:12 AM

Thank you both for your comments

Emanuele - do you know the name of this flower?

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Comment posted by Ronnie Gaubert on June 16, 2004 at 8:24 PM

Marsel,

Very nice!! The lines of the petals really focuses your eyes down to the center of the flower. The off center placement of the stamens/pistols was a good choice.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on June 17, 2004 at 5:15 AM

Thank you Ronnie - I'm fairly new to flower and macro photography, and it's much more difficult than it seems. I still have a lot to learn on this subject, but I am happy with this result

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Comment posted by Juza on June 17, 2004 at 1:11 PM

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Emanuele - do you know the name of this flower?
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sorry, I don't know it :-|

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Comment posted by David Gottlieb on June 17, 2004 at 10:25 PM

This is a very striking presentation

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Comment posted by Teresa Herman on June 18, 2004 at 12:06 PM

Really Beautiful Marsel!! What was you shutter speed and f-stop on this one?? Treece

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on June 19, 2004 at 10:25 AM

Thanks!

Treece - I'm afraid I hardly ever make notes of the shutter speeds and apertures, I know I should...

I can remember for this shot that I used the dof preview button quite a lot and that I shot it handheld. Also, I bracket most of my shots, so that makes it even more difficult to tell. However, I'm planning to switch to digital, and I'm looking forward to all that exif data!

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Comment posted by Zack Schnepf on June 21, 2004 at 8:18 AM

I have to say, i absolutely love this photo. Just beautiful.

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Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on June 30, 2004 at 3:08 AM

Thanks Zack!

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