Smokies Wildflowers

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 11, 2011171 views10 comments

Great Smokies NP, Tenn. - 4/14/11 - I was wishing the two FG flowers were a bit less shy for the shot...

Canon 5DII, 24mm TS-E, F11, ISO640, 4/10 sec.

Larger version loses a bit in compression but has good detail

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ben Horne on May 11, 2011 at 10:33 AM

You had me tricked on this one. When I saw the thumbnail, then opened the image, I thought for *sure* that this must have been shot on large format film.

The detail here is very impressive, and it conveys a very calm mood. The fallen log grounds the shot, and the large foreground flowers add a great focal point. With regard to the log, I'm glad you included the perpendicular log in the upper left corner. That helps block my eye from getting launched out of the upper left corner.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on May 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM

Lovely fresh scene and well captured, love the detail here. The two flowers in front are very nice, a little bigger might have been nice but this works as well!

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 11, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Excellent detail Wick. Your comp works very well also.

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on May 11, 2011 at 2:30 PM

Wick, I like the fresh colors of spring together with the mossy log, a very pleasant composition!

Peter

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM

I like it! The thumbnail looked a bit dissapointing, but the full versions shows a very logic and balanced composition. I like how you placed the logs and the plant in the fg. Works really well. Technically it also looks good. A very nice portrait.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on May 11, 2011 at 5:51 PM

so much to take in here! lovely colours, details and composition of a scene where many would walk on by

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 11, 2011 at 8:40 PM

I love the long leading line of the moss covered log. It's also interesting how that separates the image into two regions, the one with the nicely detailed trillium and the other with the mass of unidentifiable wildflowers. I'm also somewhat surprised to find that the composition works very well.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on May 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM

I love the lushness of the scene and the dertails in the shot. The comp works well for me also. Nice!

Chris

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on May 12, 2011 at 7:36 AM

Beautiful shot, Wick. I like the composition and detail.

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on May 12, 2011 at 10:42 AM

I agree, this does have a large format look to it. Great colors and comp! I have attempted similar shots with my non-TS lens and failed.

Registered on February 18, 2010, 26 Posts, 556 Comments