Geraniums & repost

Gallery: FloraPosted May 17, 2010176 views14 comments

I took this photo in Wyoming when I was on vacation there a couple of years ago.

Canon Digital Rebel XTi
f/7.1
1/100 sec.
55mm focal length
ISO 200
hand held

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by David Cobb on May 17, 2010 at 11:05 PM

Beautiful blossoms young and old Barb, I like your comp too. I think this image would be better with just a tad bit more sharpening.

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Comment posted by Charles Younger on May 17, 2010 at 11:28 PM

These are one of my favorite flowers. Great composition and excellent DOF. I agree about the shapening, though. If it were mine I'd try a circular gradient with a bit more at the center of the flower.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on May 17, 2010 at 11:29 PM

I love these little guys. Your composition is right on. But as David said, a little sharpening would improve this already good image. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 18, 2010 at 2:38 AM

Barb:
Lovely comp. Like how you have also included the bud.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on May 18, 2010 at 5:36 AM

Hi Barb, what a simple elegant composition. I really like how the background leaf on the left mirrors the full bloom of the geranium. Very well done.

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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on May 18, 2010 at 6:19 AM

Beautiful capture Barb. CC regarding sharpening already noted. The CC only goes to help finesse a very fine capture.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on May 18, 2010 at 9:45 AM

Hi Barb

A beautiful composition of a very pretty flower. The soft color is great, but the sharpness is lacking .
Albert Darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on May 18, 2010 at 11:31 AM

That is nice Barb. I really like the simple composition. There is no doubt what to lokk at in this picture.

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Comment posted by Laura Stafford on May 18, 2010 at 3:33 PM

Very pretty flower. Even though the geranium is not tack sharp, the darker green background makes the geranium stand out very nicely.

Laura Stafford

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 18, 2010 at 6:23 PM

Thank you, everyone, for your comments and suggestions. I don't know nearly as much about sharpening as I'd like to, so I've been using auto sharpen in Elements. For this repost I used adjust sharpness. I think it is better, but probably still not as good as it should be.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on May 18, 2010 at 10:16 PM

Barb, very well composed. In the repost, the flower does look better in the sharpness area. Unfortunately, it looks like the sharpening brought out a bit of noise in the BG, which it sometimes does. Just curious, was using a tripod an option on this shot? My experience has been, that if the image isn't basically sharp to start with, no amount of post sharpening is going to help.

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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on May 18, 2010 at 10:35 PM

Philip, no I was sightseeing in Jackson, WY and didn't have a tripod with me. I also didn't own an IS lens back then.

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on May 19, 2010 at 8:02 AM

The repost is just right Barb, you did well with sharpening up the flower.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 21, 2010 at 10:51 AM

Barb: Nice work on the repost and the overall capture. I especially like the inclusion of the bud. Well done. >=))>

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