More wild Flowers

Gallery: FloraPosted November 19, 201068 views9 comments

I enjoy doing images of wild flowers. So many times even what we think are useless weeds have very pretty flowers. This image was taken on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys. I had seen these flowers several times and thought I needed to do some images. It was raining, so I grabbed my umbrella a went out to shoot.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
shutter 1/60
Aperture f8
ISO 200
70mm
Tripod
Cropped to 85% of Original

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on November 19, 2010 at 1:15 PM

Love the details and the raindrops too, Richard. I agree with you; sometimes weeds are so fascinating.

It's a picayune point, but would like to suggest a slight crop from the top and a slight addition of canvas on the bottom. A lot of work but I think the image is worth working with. Perhaps just a crop from the top will address the problem and focus even more attention on the flower.

My two-cents ;^)

Carol

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

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on November 19, 2010 at 1:54 PM

Richard,

Beautiful color palette, great dof decision, excellent subject separation, perfect whites - at least on this monitor. I might orient the image vertically but that's entirely subjective. Very fine image for my tastes - no suggestions.

pat

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

Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 19, 2010 at 2:54 PM

Richard: Really good subject matter and a fine capture. The only thing that would make this better for me is if the camera had been rotated a few degrees to the left to give the spent bloom a bit more room. Really good DOF/POF choice. >=))>

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

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on November 19, 2010 at 4:35 PM

Crisp, clear, and great white control. Well done.
Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 19, 2010 at 7:35 PM

Richard:
There is sometime magical about going out in the rain - I do it sometimes. The raindrops on this really makes this very refreshing. Nice capture.

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

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 19, 2010 at 9:58 PM

Hi Richard

I like everything about this shot

The colors, detail. and composition are all superb. To make this 100% perfect. you only need to clone or crop the bright spot on the LRC

Albert Darmo. Canada

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

Comment posted by Bob Duff on November 19, 2010 at 10:52 PM

Richard, great job. I like it as is. You know what they say...a weed is just a flower blooming in the wrong place.

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

Comment posted by Krunal Janani on November 19, 2010 at 11:59 PM

Lovely looking flower Richard, i wud like to crop/clone the LRC & make this image almost perfect

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

Comment posted by Morris McClung on November 20, 2010 at 11:08 AM

Maybe crop to square, because the flower itself is so strong with the drops all over it, I'm finding I don't want to look at anything else, but it. Nice!

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