Sleep Tight -- Gentian

Gallery: FloraPosted September 20, 2010139 views19 comments

Have been tied down for a while, so here‘s an addition to my last post from the "harsh light" theme a couple of weeks ago. Two shots were needed to show the "action" here. The pair of images document the Fringed Gentian flower closing when the Sun sets. Ten minutes after I shot the first photo, I took the second one, as the afternoon shadows caused the flower to close up for the night.

Canon 50D
Sigma 150 mm. f/2.8 Macro + Circ. Pol.
f/11; ISO 200
Tripod; 2-sec. timer w/Mirror Up; Reflector

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 20, 2010 at 9:28 PM

This is exceptional Wayne. I had no idea they'd move that much in ten minutes. They're both beautiful images of course. Glad you got lose to capture and post these.

Hope you're doing well.

Pat

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Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 20, 2010 at 10:05 PM

Wayne, you're working in pairs today. As lovely as these area, they can't begin to compare with the Monarch shots IMVHO

Lovely captures, both.

Carol

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 20, 2010 at 10:11 PM

Wayne:
Nice pairs of time lapsed photography (the monarch and this one). Both sets are fantastic. Well done

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Comment posted by Bruce King on September 20, 2010 at 11:49 PM

Really cool Wayne. I like your strategy, two posts in one.

Nice work as usual.

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Comment posted by Sandy Steinman on September 21, 2010 at 1:56 AM

Great Capture. Good job with the harsh light. Nice to see the time lapse and how quickly the flower moves. Gentian are one of my favorite flower genus and the fringed one is especially nice. Well done.

Sandy
Berkeley, CA
Natural History Wanderings
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Comment posted by Miro Susta on September 21, 2010 at 4:38 AM

Excellent work Wayne. All the details are fabulous. It would be also very nice without this black framing. Well done.

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Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on September 21, 2010 at 5:45 AM

I love the idea! Beautiful lights and detail :)

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on September 21, 2010 at 6:04 AM

Very nice indeed Wayne, the color and detail is fantastic, and I like the idea of showing them in different stages. Beautiful work. Take care.
John & Patty

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Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on September 21, 2010 at 6:55 AM

Outstanding images, Wayne! Nice work.

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on September 21, 2010 at 7:13 AM

Spectatulor detail Wayne.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on September 21, 2010 at 12:22 PM

What a wonderful presentation. Love the color and detail. Good to see you post again and hope you are doing well. larry

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on September 21, 2010 at 2:46 PM

great light and colors in both images, very well done!!!

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 21, 2010 at 7:03 PM

Nothing short of genius on both. Top shelf work!

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 21, 2010 at 7:16 PM

Superb presentation, Wayne

- its amazing to see how life reacts to just 10 minutes.

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on September 22, 2010 at 12:30 AM

Both wonderful shots. The change of angle threw me for a bit though. The detail is fantastic and they are certainly wonderful specimens of a beautiful flower.

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 22, 2010 at 9:40 AM

Intriguing idea, Wayne, which works beautifully for me. Great control of the lighting to bring out all the detail.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on September 22, 2010 at 12:02 PM

Superb details on both & great previsualization of the idea Wayne

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Comment posted by Debashis Bandyopad on September 23, 2010 at 8:08 AM

Brilliant capture(s) and terrific action... Love this Wayne, this is just too good

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 23, 2010 at 6:06 PM

Wayne: 4+ terrific. Great idea to show the transition and wonderful colors. >=))>

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