Chickweed

Gallery: FloraPosted June 21, 201095 views14 comments

Captured on top of a large rock in the old forrest just beneath the cliffs of Halleberg. Trying to get some feeling into my macros and I hope this one gives a feeling of beauty and graceness.

Captured with my new D300s and Micro Nikkor 60mm. Also used a polarizer.
Appreciate your comments on the composition and choice of aperture.

f/2,8 - 1/60s - 60mm and ISO200

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on June 21, 2010 at 3:54 PM

Nice minimalistic feel to this

. I like how the small white flower "stand out"

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 21, 2010 at 7:56 PM

Very small but greatly beautiful.

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on June 21, 2010 at 10:45 PM

Nice one, Christer. I think you've succeeded. I like the "dreamy" feel to this.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on June 21, 2010 at 10:49 PM

Love this one Christer. Great use of negative space and perspective. Certainly this is both beautiful and graceful but it has a mood beyond that, that I find very appealing.

Pat

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on June 21, 2010 at 11:23 PM

I love the minimalist feeling to this shot Christer. I think you achieved your goal with this one. Nice work.

Nathan

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on June 22, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Very charming, soft and delicate. Wonderful image.

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Comment posted by Doug Benner on June 22, 2010 at 1:16 PM

This is gorgeous. Wonderful composition - artistic and ethereal.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 22, 2010 at 4:23 PM

Christer: Excellent comp and concept and a fine capture. Good call on the polarizer. With this lens I would actually expect a bit more sharpness on the yellow anthers. At this image size I can't tell if the softness there is in the capture or processing. At this magnification and f-stop there is little margin for error and it looks like this one just barely missed.>=))>

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Comment posted by David Cobb on June 23, 2010 at 12:35 AM

I love this little flower floating atop the sea of green.

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on June 23, 2010 at 4:57 AM

Very beautiful little bloom. Well captured

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on June 23, 2010 at 6:29 PM

Hi Christer

I think you have created a magical mood here,

The tiny white flower against the superb B.G. is perfectly done.

Albert darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on June 23, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Very creative DOF Christer. The leading line of the fern (?) toward the subject. Off center composition. Good composition in my book.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on June 24, 2010 at 3:51 PM

Little flowers in their habitat are so beautiful! The light enhances the small white subject lost in the green sea. I wouldn't cut anything in the composition. I like also the DOF and the effort for keeping in focus the leaves in the front. I love this kind of photo.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on June 24, 2010 at 5:17 PM

Quite a beautiful image, I particularly like the glow of the flower in the sea of green

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