Red Columbine

Gallery: FloraPosted June 11, 201052 views8 comments

Went out in the rain and hiked the slopes of a mountain that will be plastered in wildflowers in a few weeks (still snow up there now). I did find a patch of these little beauties.
C&C most welcomed!

SONY a900
Minolta 200mm F4 macro
CP
Kirk focusing rail
Gitzo tripod
ISO 800 (windy)
F20 @ 1/30"

Concrete Tim

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on June 11, 2010 at 8:30 PM

Beautiful bloom, Tim. Would be nice if it is more isolated from the BG. The flower looks sharp at 1/30 for windy condition; maybe you could have got away with lower iso (but no sign of noise here though), larger aperture and faster SS. Just my 2 cent.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on June 11, 2010 at 10:21 PM

Nice shot Tim. Colors look great.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 11, 2010 at 11:46 PM

Tim: Makes me want to go there!!!!! I kind of wish the OOF FG leaf/grass wasn't there but so it goes. The rest of the BG works well for me. >=))>

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on June 12, 2010 at 2:35 PM

What a great find Tim, love the color and light. Beautiful work.
John

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 12, 2010 at 2:38 PM

Nice contrast of the red with the green BG Timothy. I think I would like this with a bit more DOF to soften the BG a bit.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on June 12, 2010 at 5:22 PM

Looks like a great find Tim, beautiful colors

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on June 12, 2010 at 7:24 PM

Great find Tim. The lighting is perfect. Like others would prefer to have the BG more out of focus.

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Comment posted by Timothy F. Hale on June 12, 2010 at 9:42 PM

Thanks for all the C&C. I was intriqued with the look of the wet leaves when I saw the shot. I'm thinking, now, that I should start shooting at several F stops for the same composition. I'm afraid that I find the old film conservatism hard to shake..........AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR IT!

tHANKS AGAIN EVERYONE.

Concrete Tim

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