Begonia Bush 2

Gallery: FloraPosted January 17, 201140 views10 comments

Here's another take on the same Begonia bush in my last post. Thanks for your feedback on that image!
This image was taken during my third trip to this bush and there were only 2 blooms left

In better news my amaryllis finally bloomed! More of that to come in the future

All C&C welcome and appreciated!
Thanks for looking,
Anne

D200, 105mm, ISO 200
f5.6, 1/80sec, tripod, release

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 17, 2011 at 9:51 PM

Anne: You did great with this. I like your DOF choice and the soft BG. Very nicely done.>=))>

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on January 17, 2011 at 11:00 PM

Great portrait Anne. well composed and captured.
Bob

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Comment posted by Bob Duff on January 18, 2011 at 7:10 AM

Anne, I like the POV and DOF on this one. Well done.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on January 18, 2011 at 9:27 AM

beautiful colors and choice of DOF...very lovely

Brigitte

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Comment posted by Larry Lynch on January 18, 2011 at 1:28 PM

Beautifully composed and presented. Love the soft bg and pof on the center.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on January 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM

Excellent shot of a very elegant subject. The background is wonderful as well. This is not a critique, but if it were mine, I might play with increasing the black point a bit to bring down the darker tones in the background and thus, perhaps, increase the drama of your presentation. Don't know if it would necessarily be effective or to your liking, but thought I'd put it out for consideration.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 18, 2011 at 2:57 PM

Another beautiful shot with this flower. Nice background. My thought was to brighten the front part of the flower a little to make it stand out a touch more, but Phil's suggestion might have the same result.

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Comment posted by Anne K. Rusk on January 18, 2011 at 3:36 PM

Thanks so much for the feedback! Phil and Morris, I like both ideas and will try them out (maybe not tonight...have a clogged drain needing my attention

). If I have a chance, I'll repost.
I appreciate all the help from this enormously talented group!

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on January 18, 2011 at 5:39 PM

I like the dof/pof decision very much Anne. The color palette is also appealing. Beautiful image. Very nicely done. No suggestions.

pat

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 18, 2011 at 7:39 PM

Anne:
A very nice take on this Begonia. I have been back to the conservatory twice to shoot Begonia and yet to get one that I like, so seeing this is a treat.

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