Purple Wildflower

Barbara
it is a passion flower, native wildflower at least here in the mid-atlantic, but a bit invasive if you have it in your garden. Difficult flower to shoot, you did a good job here, though maybe a bit more even lighting would show it off better. Nice soft background, great color contrast with the purple flower.
Joyce

You did a beautiful job of isolating a this, especially since it was wild. It is, for me, one of the more difficult flowers to get the dof correct because of its complex make up and many layers. Great job!

Wow! Cool shot...I like how you captured the light and shadow..then kept the b/g sweet and simple. Sharp where needed. This looks alive and moving. So, is this what happens when you give your plants LSD? And if you kiss this, will it turn magically into an orchid?

Very nice! I have found these almost impossible to get a good angle on - so complex and so many planes to try to focus.
You did a great job here!
Nice colours and BG too.
Sandy

Nice shot Barbara! Great detail. I like your POV and DOF choices. Background is works well too.

Interesting subject, excellent capture and a fine presentation for my tastes. No suggestions. Very fine image.

pat

Barbara:
A very fine image. Well done.

Awesome take on the Passionflower

Wonderful shot Barbara! Great decision on your POF and DOF. I dont think deep shadows are a problem in flora, in fact if used well i think they can be beneficial. You've shown that here with the light hitting that interesting structure of the center of this blossom.

This has got to be the craziest flower I have ever seen but I like it. Thanks for sharing.

Barbara: One of my favorite subjects. We have this same variety in our garden. It is also a host plant for gulf fritillary butterflies so if you look close you might find some creepy crawly black and orange caterpillars lurking about as well. Like the others have noted it can be tough to shoot but you got a good clean BG. I kind of like the light. 2 thumbs up! >=))>

Barbara, Joyce is correct in her identification and this is a beautiful image of the specimen. I really like the background you have with it, good job. Ron

I totally thought this was an alien from the thumb! A very interesting flower indeed! Shadows are not deal breakers for me, but many flowers lose some detail when they are cut by shadows, so it's an artistic decision in my mind. Great focus overall here. This looks tough!
I could be really tired, but I see a dark halo at the top of the center and a light halo under the left petals. Just a minor nit!

Great subject Barb, nice details.

Barbara, great angle and focus on this difficult subject. I like the lighting, but I get the impression that the details in the shadows may have been "pushed" just a bit too much in post processing. I just get the feeling that the shadows should be deeper when I see bright light like this. (Just a personal thing, and I may be way off interpreting the light here, so ignore that comment if you didn't start with deep shadows.) You produced a striking image by keeping the background simple.

Cool passion flower! I've only seen these at a botanical garden. My nickname for them is "UFO flower." I like the lighting and the BG. This flower has so much goin' on, it's hard to decide where to focus, but I think you did a nice job with it. The center is where my eyes are drawn due to the awesome little structure there, and your focus is tack sharp there as it should be. If these grow wild near your home, I'd go back and keep trying different comps and DOF and see what you get. Great work!

Thank you all for the feedback. Wayne, I did lighten the shadows even though I kind of liked them better deeper, because I wasn't sure what was normally okay with shadows.

Hi Barbara You captured the intricate form and color of this wildflower beautifully, very well done.
Albert Darmo