Orange lily w/repost

Gallery: FloraPosted July 6, 201047 views12 comments

Another of my orange lilies. I took this yesterday after purchasing a Hoodman Loupe. I wanted to give it a try playing with shallow dof and with selective focusing points. Had fun and liked the results.
Canon 50D
Canon 100mm 2.8L
1/30 sec, f2.8

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Steven M Kahn on July 6, 2010 at 11:49 PM

Kathy - SWEET! Only littl littl ltittl nit - uppermost stamen almost clipped! Not sure if you cropped post capture, but if you did, do you have a sqoosh more image at the top? Looks like you are making friends with your Hoodman fast!

Registered on July 20, 2009, 140 Posts, 1198 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 7, 2010 at 12:06 AM

Really like your choice for focal point on this. I agree about the clipped stamen and if you have it to add back in, think it would send this over the top!

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on July 7, 2010 at 6:11 AM

Beautiful work Kathy, very nice color and presentation, and I especially like your focal point. Very well done.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on July 7, 2010 at 6:46 AM

Added a bit more canvas with a "sqooch" more at the top

Loving the Hoodman

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 7, 2010 at 10:56 AM

Kathy: "Coming at you!" was my first impression. Really high impact comp and a terrific DOF/POF choice. Most excellent.>=))>

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

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on July 7, 2010 at 12:00 PM

Way, way cool image.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 7, 2010 at 7:06 PM

Great comp Kathy. Love the ring of equidistant anthers around the style and stigma. Beautiful color and an excellent dof decision as well.

Pat

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

Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 7, 2010 at 7:58 PM

The repost does look better with the added room, but the color in this one is fabulous. Flame on!

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

Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 7, 2010 at 9:35 PM

This image is on fire Kathy! The color alone will make people stop and look. While it doesn't appear clipped the uppermost stamen is very tight to the frame edge. A tad more room perhaps?

Registered on November 16, 2003, 157 Posts, 3326 Comments

Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on July 8, 2010 at 4:05 PM

And I too like the result, very much, Kathy. I love specially the warm color of the clean bokeh and the geometry of the stamens, that gives order to the composition. Excellent.
Cheers.