Trillium Viridescens

Gallery: FloraPosted April 19, 201155 views8 comments

I came across this specimen in Northwest Arkansas on my way to shoot a waterfall. There were two standing side-by-side and I liked the way the rear flower provided an out-of-focus duplicate for the main subject providing a sort of exaggerated Orton effect on just the petals.

Canon 7D - EF-S 60mm macro - f/5.0 - 1/13 sec - ISO 320

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on April 19, 2011 at 12:35 PM

That is a nice effect, Bryan. The OOF petals (we'll call them that, regardless of the plant anatomy details) kind of look like a flame shooting out of the flower. Thanks for posting -- I have never seen this species.

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Comment posted by Derek Yow on April 19, 2011 at 12:51 PM

Really cool specimine Bryan, and a great capture. Love the color and patterns in the BG, they really work well.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on April 19, 2011 at 3:59 PM

Nice choice of DOF and beautiful color. I like Wayne's reference to a flame. A very nice and pleasing image.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on April 19, 2011 at 8:06 PM

I don't recall commenting on one of your images before Bryan, so welcome to the gallery. I like this image a lot, particularly the composition. Perfect dof decision for my tastes. Appealing colors and I like the subdued mood of it Outstanding specimen image.. Hope to see more of your work here.

pat

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on April 20, 2011 at 10:19 AM

A lovely specimen, beautifully photographed, Bryan. I especially like the perspective and the dof - your ` Orton effect ' works really well. Hope to see more of your work.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on April 20, 2011 at 2:00 PM

Bryan,
very nice dof, colors and comp. The Orton effect works very well. Beautiful work.

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Comment posted by Bryan Simpson on April 20, 2011 at 4:21 PM

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. As some of you have suggested, this was my first post in this forum; I usually hang out in the Central States forum and have only recently started posting images into the various galleries.

Flora (and macro in general) are still very new to me, so your feedback has been appreciated.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on April 22, 2011 at 3:31 PM

Cool subject. I like it.

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