Maypop

Gallery: FloraPosted September 21, 201073 views10 comments

Canon 7D 70-200mm F2.8 circular polorizer
Shutter 1/1000 Spot Focus -0.5 ISO 400
Dillon Nature Center- Hutchinson, Kansas
On a somewhat typical day in Kansas 30 to 40 mile per hour winds Karole and I took a walk through the area and handheld was able to capture this image.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on September 21, 2010 at 11:26 AM

I like the three-dimensionally of the flower!
nice pic :)

Registered on March 3, 2007, 122 Posts, 778 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 21, 2010 at 11:26 AM

Nice focus and detail. It is a little on the dark side.

BTW, this is a maypop, or passion flower, (Passiflora incarnata) not clematis

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on September 21, 2010 at 11:59 AM

Jay, welcome to NPN and Flora.

This is quite a charming little flower. I think you did an excellent job at hand-holding; the detail is great.

Out of curiosity was were your shooting stats? I think you did a great job separating the FG subject from the BG.

Cheers,

Carol

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

Comment posted by Bob Duff on September 21, 2010 at 12:38 PM

Hey, Jay that's some pretty good technique to capture this bloom with the sharpness rendered. Well done.

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

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on September 21, 2010 at 5:04 PM

Very nicely done Jay. A fine introduction to the Flora Gallery. The only thing I might suggest with regard to the image would be darkening or cloning out the brightest flora at the top of the image. I've never seen one of these that I recall and I grew up in OK and still spend a lot of time out on the plains in Colorado.

Welcome to the gallery. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your images.

Pat

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

Comment posted by Morris McClung on September 21, 2010 at 7:05 PM

A very nice portrait of this interesting bloom. Well done.

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

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on September 21, 2010 at 8:38 PM

Jay:
Welcome to Flora.
A very nicely captured passion flower with intricate architecture, colors and texture. I might be tempted to try a different crop with the flower in the lower half rather than in the upper half of the frame or a square crop.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on September 21, 2010 at 11:52 PM

Nice image. The colors are very good and the focus and comp are good.

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

Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on September 22, 2010 at 5:03 PM

That's a good looking passion flower. Nice job hand holding this exposure.

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 23, 2010 at 6:12 PM

Jay: You did really well with this subject. I have a bunch of them in my garden and the messy BG is always a problem. You managed this nicely. Top notch shot. >=))>

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