Geranium

Gallery: FloraPosted November 18, 2010142 views10 comments

This was one of the last flowers to bloom before the Summer had passed in this area.

D90, 70-300mm at 100mm (w/Raynox filter)
f/8
1/640
ISO 250
Natural light, very slight crop, slight dodging and burning.
Stacked images for select DOF.

All comments welcome and thanks for viewing.

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on November 18, 2010 at 4:22 PM

I really like the orientation of the flower in the frame! Well done!

Registered on October 10, 2010, 65 Posts, 904 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on November 18, 2010 at 6:51 PM

Excellent detail Morgan and I like the black bg and your composition. I might consider the following two suggestions to see if you think they result in an improvement or not:

Lighten the dark shadow areas of the petal in the bg so that they are less emphasized tone wise.

Crop in from the viewer's left some to better emphasize the the in focus detail in the center.

pat

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

Comment posted by Morgan Casey on November 18, 2010 at 7:25 PM

Thanks so much for the suggestions Pat, I will definitely try those out.

Registered on November 16, 2010, 22 Posts, 269 Comments

Comment posted by jamie pringle on November 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM

I love to shoot geraniums. I like your presentation and I would agree with Pat on his suggestions for emphasizing the flower

Registered on August 10, 2005, 323 Posts, 1216 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 18, 2010 at 9:35 PM

Morgan: Most excellent. The DOF/POF choice is very successful IMO and I like the amount of negative space you have and the position of the flower in the frame. Very nice indeed. >=))>

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

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 18, 2010 at 11:54 PM

Lovely POF & DOF Morgan very nice traitor in what many may call harsh lighting for floral images (but i too like to shot in harsh lighting sumtimes

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I wud jus clone the spots on the flower though

Registered on September 16, 2010, 60 Posts, 1370 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 19, 2010 at 12:59 AM

Morgan:
Beautiful as posted. Like your selective DOF on the center of the flower and the black BG really makes the flower pops. Lovely.

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

Comment posted by Bob Duff on November 19, 2010 at 10:48 PM

Morgan, wonderful light and strong comp.

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

Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 20, 2010 at 11:01 AM

Very nice use of the dark background to make the great color of the flower pop. Nicely done.

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

Comment posted by Phillip Noll on November 20, 2010 at 6:40 PM

Wow! That pops! Love the composition and the dark background. Looks like a satellite dish!

Registered on November 17, 2003, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments