Perfect Bouquet

Gallery: FloraPosted June 9, 2009666 views26 comments

I had to shoot this bouquet of paintbrush when I found it. I have never seen a more perfect arrangement that was done by nature. The straight line of flowers through the center is quite unusual. And there is a straight line through the top of the cross.
A lot of clutter around it, so I used strong vignetting and a lot of burning to try to isolate the bunch.

5d, 28-135mm w/macro, tripod, iso 100, f/16, 1/125th

Comments and critiques welcome, and thanks for looking.

Morris

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by Barb Hansen on June 9, 2009 at 5:54 PM

An excellent find Morris, and I like your PP work. Almost looks like three crosses. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Greg Maklae on June 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM

Great color contrast between the reds and blacks, really pops.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 9, 2009 at 6:23 PM

Morris,

I like this as posted. Probably my inclination though would be to take the bg darker. That cross just begs to be isolated IMO so I'd be doing everything I could to do that - in my case probably gradient filters, black shadow adjustments and maybe some cloning. The comp and the blooms are both exceptional. The red against the black is spectacular. You can probably tell I'm excited about the image. (smile)

Pat

Pat

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 9, 2009 at 7:38 PM

Morris, Nice Find

. The Reds are so strong (in a nice way) that the background does not make much of a difference to me.

Beautiful photo.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on June 9, 2009 at 9:49 PM

A beautiful find for sure! The color really pops. If the BG were a tad bit darker, it would pop even more. Very nice as is though.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on June 9, 2009 at 10:17 PM

Sweet image Morris. Great eye in seeing this and a great capture.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on June 10, 2009 at 7:02 AM

Beautifully done Morris. I like the way you crafted this one.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Week on June 10, 2009 at 9:19 AM

I agree that this is a perfect arrangement of paintbrush. Great job of capturing this image. I like how you have
made the reds pop.

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Comment posted by David Cobb on June 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM

Beautiful treatment Morris, the background work that you did really paid of with this perfect arrangement.

David M. Cobb

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 10, 2009 at 11:19 AM

Beautifully done Morris. great harmony in the color and detail of this fine presentation.

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on June 10, 2009 at 4:09 PM

I like how you isolated the reds in this Morris! I think this is a great find

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 10, 2009 at 7:12 PM

Nice bunch shot in the environment Morris. Nice color on the blooms against the BG too.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on June 11, 2009 at 12:17 AM

Great eye to capture this, Morris. Processing is also first rate. Beautiful job.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 13, 2009 at 7:11 PM

Morris: I'm hopelessly behind on my commenting but could not pass this one by. A fantastic find and as good a job of processing crafting to bring out the main subjects as I've seen in quite a while. Really good stuff! >=))>

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 15, 2009 at 11:47 AM

Congrats on the EP Morris!

Nathan

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 15, 2009 at 1:27 PM

Congrats on the EP - wonderful, sharp, interesting imae.

sandy r

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Comment posted by May Haga on June 15, 2009 at 5:49 PM

Missed this when it was first posted. It is gorgeous and a well deserved weekly pick.
May

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 15, 2009 at 6:13 PM

Congrats on your gorgeous presentation Morris

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on June 15, 2009 at 7:58 PM

Beautiful image Morris. Love the pattern (can see three crosses) and your use of the dark BG to make this really glow. Outstanding work. Congratulations on the weekly pick.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 15, 2009 at 10:05 PM

Morris,

Many congratulations on this image and the EP. Absolutely beautiful.

Pat

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Comment posted by Mike Dawson on June 15, 2009 at 10:23 PM

Congrats on a beautiful EP

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Comment posted by Lon Sharp on June 16, 2009 at 9:48 AM

Great work! Congratulations.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 16, 2009 at 2:58 PM

Thanks again everyone. I am just a bit stunned with this considering how talented the work on this forum is. Keep up the fantastic work everyone!

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 17, 2009 at 12:28 AM

Wow, Morris! Did you ever score with this find! Just outstanding work on your part. And Nature gave a most symbolic presentation of the paintbrush for you to share with us. Hat's off to you with congrats for the EP, too!

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Comment posted by Michael VanBeber on June 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM

Wow Morris! What a remarkable shot! Congratulations.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on June 21, 2009 at 8:24 AM

Congrats on your EP. Well deserved.

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