Little Green Hand

Gallery: FloraPosted November 2, 201049 views9 comments

As much as I know this is a picture of a claret cup, I keep focusing on the green center. It looks like little alien fingers reaching out of the cup. If only I would have had this ready to post on Halloween...
All C&C welcome!
Thanks for looking!
Anne

D200, 105mm
ISO200, f3.3, 1/250sec

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on November 2, 2010 at 11:04 PM

Very nice image. I like the comp. and the color is great. The DOF is good because it lets you see just enough of the cactus to give the image context.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on November 3, 2010 at 12:21 AM

Nice color contrast. The red and green and then the muted background colors. Well done.

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Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 3, 2010 at 6:31 AM

Lovely image Anne, the choice of DOF IS excellent i like this one much more then ur previous image of this species.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on November 3, 2010 at 8:03 AM

Great dof decision Anne. I've tried to shoot these several times both in the field and at the Denver Botanical Gardens and never got an image of one I liked this well. I have a lot of trouble shooting cacti in general. My only reservation in this is that the bloom is facing the closest side of the frame rather than the farthest. This makes it seem a little cramped to me. I started photography here a few years ago shooting avian and I stiil tend to think of single blooms like birds - so this is a pretty subjective nit I'm picking. (smile) It's a very fine image as posted.

Pat

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on November 3, 2010 at 4:21 PM

Love your choice of dof here, Anne, and the placing of the flower down to the lower R. The spikes seem to give the flower a halo - a lovely effect.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 3, 2010 at 8:34 PM

Anne:
Like your choice of DOF here. Just enough to isolate the center of the flowers and still show the outlines of cactus in the bg. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on November 3, 2010 at 9:29 PM

I like the difference between the flower and the spines in the BG Anne. Nice use of DOF. I think I prefer this cropped to a square or near square.

Nathan

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 4, 2010 at 9:53 AM

Exellent dof and soft light. Lovely color and I really like the comp as well.

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on November 10, 2010 at 7:57 PM

Terrific capture and presentation. Beautifully crafted.

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