Spring! Well Almost.

Gallery: FloraPosted March 15, 2010203 views17 comments

These are last year's iris, taken with Canon 40D, 100-400 IS lens. Liked the lighting and low perspective.

Sorry so long between postings. Lost all my images when HD failed and have been busy reconstructing and organizing... now all I have to do is post process all of them! Use a backup!!!!!

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17 comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on March 15, 2010 at 6:49 PM

Nice "seasoned" shot, Patricia.
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on March 15, 2010 at 8:06 PM

Sorry to hear about the hard drive Pat. I lost the only one of my landscapes that I cared anything about in an OS upgrade because I didn't backup first. And I've been doing and managing systems long enough to know better. I'm glad you were able to recover your originals.

This is beautiful. The light is as fine as it gets IMO and the bg is perfect for the subject.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Kris Johnson on March 15, 2010 at 8:12 PM

Great DOF and colors.

Registered on March 6, 2010, 26 Posts, 299 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on March 15, 2010 at 8:43 PM

Patricia: I finally got serious about backup last year and am glad I did. So far no calamities but the peace of mind is nice. Great to have you back up and running. This is lovely. Great DOF/POF choice. My only significant nit is the leaf merging with the flower on the right. If it was behind the flower I think it could be a plus. >=))>

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Southard on March 15, 2010 at 9:15 PM

Very pretty portrait Patricia. The lighting and color are just beautiful. I also wish the leaf on the right was either not there or behind the flower.

Registered on July 15, 2007, 258 Posts, 3892 Comments

Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on March 15, 2010 at 10:24 PM

Beautiful light and colors.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 211 Posts, 1471 Comments

Comment posted by jerry wones on March 15, 2010 at 10:43 PM

The lighting and composition are striking, great job!

Registered on July 20, 2008, 0 Posts, 6 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on March 15, 2010 at 11:44 PM

Lovely image. Lucky girl to get any back at all. Hope your post-processing is a labor of love.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on March 16, 2010 at 1:02 AM

I love the perspective and the color of the irises Patricia. For me, that heavy blade coming in from the right hand side hurts the shot for me.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Miro Susta on March 16, 2010 at 4:04 AM

Excellent lighting and all the details. Nicely done Patricia.
P.s. I use two external HD (one for back-up). I don't store many data in PC.

Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on March 16, 2010 at 6:54 AM

What a bumper with the HD. This image is just gorgeous and worth all the effort to rescue it.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Lynch on March 16, 2010 at 2:43 PM

Beautiful color and setting. A fine image. After reading your problems I went ahead and copied files to my extra hard drive and well as cutting a cd for the first quarter of this year. Thanks for the headsup and getting me motivated to getting some work done. Looking forward to seeing your work again.

Registered on September 16, 2006, 773 Posts, 9940 Comments

Comment posted by David Cobb on March 17, 2010 at 12:44 AM

Elegant as always Patricia. The leaf overlapping the flower on the right is my only nit. Love the background wash.

Registered on December 14, 2007, 312 Posts, 3243 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on March 18, 2010 at 12:43 AM

lovely shot, Patricia. Like you, I lost a bunch of my images to a crashed HD. I now have 3 externals, burn to cd's and am thinking of trying Carbonite.

Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on March 18, 2010 at 9:56 AM

Pure art.

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on March 19, 2010 at 12:09 PM

Patricia, I can't say that I like the leaf on the right side, but an overall stunning image. Very well seen.

Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by MARINUS on March 19, 2010 at 4:25 PM

Hi Pat,

Its a time ago when i visit the site, now i have some free time and viewing, i saw this picture, realy beautyfull lighting and colors.
The comp is great, maybe the leaf on the rightside is a little disturbing, and is situated before the purple flower.
My compliments for this fine shot.

Registered on January 26, 2009, 104 Posts, 260 Comments