Pulmonaria

Gallery: FloraPosted February 20, 2010127 views10 comments

Just shot this after a great time pruning and raking in the cool air and sunshine. No better feeling than accomplishing a good day in the garden. Lots of new blooms and green buds beginning to pop out.

I ps'd this by narrowing the tones and desaturating. Then a little bump of saturation and contrast to lift the blossoms above the rest.

Zeiss 100 mm, macro

Nikon D300, 1/3 sec, F16, no filters, mirror up, cable.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on February 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM

This is really beautiful. Love the color and the comp. Can't wait for spring. My garden remains buried under 15 inches of snow.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on February 20, 2010 at 10:26 PM

Beautiful work Ken. love the complexity in the composition and your presentation. Exceptionally fine image for my tastes.

Pat

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 20, 2010 at 10:29 PM

The blossoms are great, but the greens seem way over-saturated and unworldly from here.
Maybe just MY monitor?
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on February 21, 2010 at 12:10 AM

I like the pov, and the dof is perfect. Nice light, strong color, and excellent detail.

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Comment posted by Jay Nielsen on February 21, 2010 at 6:16 AM

Very nice processing, I like the pop of the blossoms against the background. The detail is fantastic.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on February 21, 2010 at 3:28 PM

Ken: Eye popping detail and color. I like this a lot.>=))>

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Comment posted by jamie pringle on February 21, 2010 at 4:24 PM

I like the aerial view, the F16 dof, and of course the stunning detail of this lens. A beautiful flower to have in the garden

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on February 21, 2010 at 9:32 PM

Very, very nice Ken. The color and detail look great. Nice DOF/POF choice also.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on February 22, 2010 at 1:33 AM

Red, green and blue and a great composition. Couldn't ask for more.

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Comment posted by Tomas Turecek on February 25, 2010 at 2:07 AM

Congratulations on this nice photo of this flower. The imaginary triangle between blossoms is great. I tried to shoot this flower several times last year but got no acceptable or likeable image. Perhaps the leaves in the background are a bit distracting so I think that blurring them a bit more could help to separate those nice blossoms. Just my 2 cents.

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