Devils in the details

Gallery: FloraPosted September 8, 201056 views14 comments

Beautiful as I find this, its quite the little devil. Its certainly a weed (pattersons curse I think) but has quite the pretty flower.

D700
50mm 68mm extension tubes
f1.8 1/250 ISO1600
CS4, levels, curves, TK luminosity masks.

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14 comments

Comment posted by Vincent Nobel on September 8, 2010 at 9:21 AM

Sweet! Nice comp, color, and point of focus - draws me right into the image - good flow!!!

Registered on June 16, 2010, 57 Posts, 175 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 8, 2010 at 9:32 AM

I like the diagonal composition in this Andrew and the rich color. The larger version is particularly striking. As a subjective matter, I might be tempted to clone out the color in the viewer's upper left corner and take that area black or violet like the lower right corner. Beautiful macro work as posted and the processing looks very good to me.

Pat

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

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 8, 2010 at 10:14 AM

Hi Andrew, you're right, it is a little devil ;^) The petals have a nice softness to them, and you might want to clone a petal in that black space on the lower right. What do you think?

Keep shooting.

Carol

Registered on January 18, 2007, 597 Posts, 8062 Comments

Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on September 8, 2010 at 10:31 AM

Very nice "intense" shot, Andrew. I like very much the electric blue color !
Mauro

Registered on January 21, 2010, 650 Posts, 2500 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Duff on September 8, 2010 at 10:43 AM

Andrew, the intensity of the colour is great. I see a wonderful circular crop well when you print it in a circular mat to mimic the form of the bloom around the in focus filamnet/anthers. I would think it would make a stunning abstract.

Registered on April 21, 2010, 160 Posts, 1675 Comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on September 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM

Beautiful colors and composition. I might take a small slice off the bottom if it were mine.

Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments

Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on September 8, 2010 at 2:27 PM

beautiful shot...I like the blue and your comp.

Brigitte

Registered on January 10, 2009, 187 Posts, 1507 Comments

Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on September 8, 2010 at 4:33 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone, I had considered cloning into the 'blank' spaces but wasn't sure quite how much artistic license to use. The circular crop idea is certainly interesting also. I'll have a play around with these suggestions. Thanks again.

Registered on July 29, 2010, 26 Posts, 404 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM

The color is striking and the comp great.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 8, 2010 at 10:03 PM

Andrew: Very cool subject and I like your DOF?POF choice. I would like to see a crop of the bottom for sure and maybe even some off the top. Bob's suggestion of a circular crop is intriguing. Terrific capture. >=))>

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

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 8, 2010 at 10:52 PM

Hi Andrew

Marvelous color , light, and detail

This composition really sings

Albert Darmo. Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments

Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 8, 2010 at 11:07 PM

The flower seems to be saying "take the bull by the horns"

. Love this abstract-ish look to this, Andrew

Registered on November 1, 2003, 550 Posts, 9037 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on September 8, 2010 at 11:19 PM

Love how you captured the color and glow of this flower. It's very dramatic in composition while retaining a pleasing amount of softness and a sense of movement. The striations of color are well placed by Mother Nature to lure the viewer to and into the bloom. The perspective you chose emphasizes that nicely. Really good!

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 11, 2010 at 11:07 AM

Pure art! Fantastic color, light, comp, and dof.

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