Day Lily

Gallery: FloraPosted August 4, 2010126 views21 comments

Here is a day lily from my front yard. I love these things. Believe it or not, I had to lower the saturation to prevent clipping in the red channel. Ya gotta love Velvia.

I was inspired by the 4x5 macro work Mel Ladewig posted in the RMNP forum so I dug out my little Tominon lens and gave it a try. It was great fun.

Shen Hao PTB 4x5
Tominon 105mm f/4.5
Velvia 50
Exposure unrecorded
Cropped

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 4, 2010 at 8:44 PM

Need sunglass to view this image with such strong fiery red

Really good details especially of the pollen grains. Like your choice of DOF with the soft yellow and green in the center. Excellent comp

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Comment posted by Buck Ward on August 4, 2010 at 9:06 PM

Flame! Great seeing.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on August 4, 2010 at 9:16 PM

Great details with striking detail

- Luke

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on August 4, 2010 at 9:24 PM

Mark,

This is awesome! And to think its on 4x5! I love the intense color and the DOF.

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Comment posted by Philip Southard on August 4, 2010 at 10:05 PM

The vibrant colors are spectacular Mark. Really good detail, DOF/POF. My only nit (and I'm being really picky here

) is that I wish the pistil wasn't going out of the top of the image. Nevertheless, a fine image.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on August 4, 2010 at 10:22 PM

Striking colors and image Mark. I understand why you chose the center anther to be in sharp focus but the blurred one in the front bothers me. Probably just me. I actually like the blurred pistil. To my eye it adds energy to the image. Really nice work.

The more I look at it, the more I'm ok with your focal plane decision.

Pat

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on August 4, 2010 at 10:28 PM

That is some very vibrant color!

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Comment posted by Kathy Odiorne on August 4, 2010 at 10:51 PM

Nice 4x5 Macro, Mark. Having done just a little 4x5 work, I can appreciate how difficult it must be for macro. I love the vivid colors.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on August 4, 2010 at 11:23 PM

Bravo! Boldly executed. Well done!

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on August 4, 2010 at 11:31 PM

Beautiful fiery red, Mark. I'm wondering if you used a more narrow f/stop, if you could have gotten all of the anthers totally in focus as well as the front edge of the petal. Just a stray thought ...

Cheers,

Carol

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Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on August 5, 2010 at 3:52 AM

Wonderful detail and colors

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on August 5, 2010 at 4:00 AM

Incredible shot!

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on August 5, 2010 at 4:56 AM

Fantastic color and light Mark, looks like it's about to catch fire. Beautiful.
John

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on August 5, 2010 at 6:29 AM

WOW

Really well taken and displayed Mark. Super job.

Bob

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on August 5, 2010 at 8:02 AM

Beautiful bold colours and striking comp. But I wish all the anthers were sharp though, nice image none the less

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Comment posted by Mike Gallo on August 5, 2010 at 9:29 AM

Mark, this is a fabulous capture...everything about it is spot on

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Comment posted by Soubhik Patranabis on August 5, 2010 at 3:08 PM

Nice color.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on August 5, 2010 at 6:24 PM

Another LF on the flora section! This is a great streak! I really like the image. Great colors and detail. Nice choice on DOF.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on August 5, 2010 at 9:25 PM

Hi Mark

Brilliant vivid color and detail

beautiful work!!! The blurred ft. pistil is the only minor nit.

Albert darmo. Canada

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on August 5, 2010 at 10:51 PM

Great bold and vibrant color.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on August 7, 2010 at 12:48 AM

Mark: One of my favorite POVs for day lilies. I like your DOF/POF choice and the colors are intense. Really nice work. >=))>

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