Narrowleaf Penstemon

Gallery: FloraPosted May 30, 201183 views7 comments

Another wildflower from Cedar Canyon. I enjoy the spring wildflowers. The wind was blowing rather strongly and I had to shot a bunch of shots to get any of the flowers still.

Canon 30D
Sigma 17-70
Aperture Priority
Shutter 1/60
Aperture F8
ISO 100
70mm
Curves
Cloned out a couple of distracting elements

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on May 30, 2011 at 9:58 PM

Hi Richard, I think the detail on the foreground blossom is lovely along with the tip of the leaf popping out to capture the viewer's attention.

Haven't come to a decision about the brownish background. One minute I like it and the next, not. Will have to come back and visit this image again.

Cheers,

Carol

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on May 30, 2011 at 10:21 PM

Great job getting that front bloom in sharp focus given any wind Richard. The colors in this are beautiful. For me, the background works very well with the subject.

pat

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on May 31, 2011 at 12:20 AM

Richard:
Enjoy looking at all your wildflowers. This one is nicely capture and the bg is just fine.

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Comment posted by Derek Yow on May 31, 2011 at 4:49 PM

I like this Richard because it's a very natural looking image. Great POF and BG in my opinion.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on May 31, 2011 at 5:21 PM

I have looked at this image several times. To me, it is technically well done. Comp, DOF, BG, exposure and color all look good. What I also notice, in fact, what first caught my attention, are the imperfections in the flower. It just looks a little ragged. Nothing wrong with that, of course, if that is what the image is about. I don't know anything about "Cedar Canyon," so I don't know if there is more to this image than meets the eye (e.g., showing life in Cedar Canyon). The image has kind of a western or old world look to it that I like. This would be a good subject for adding some texture (see Jeremy Week's images in Photo Art).

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on May 31, 2011 at 8:04 PM

Hey Richard, this has a nice painted look.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 4, 2011 at 1:27 PM

I really like the aperture choice and it's bokeh softness. Lovely portrait.

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